2009,2011
Genesis 18:20-19:38
From Ligonier's Tabletalk (Thursday November 9, 2006) devotional:
Even though readers know Lot is safe and sound, this scene evokes a certain pathos. Abraham most likely does not realize his nephew had been rescued, so his initial glance toward the valley probably caused him a good deal of consternation. Who among us has not felt the pain & fear, at least momentarily, that an awful fate has befallen someone we love?
Verse 29 gives us one of the most important lessons we are to learn from Sodom's end: "God remembered Abraham, " we read, "and sent Lot out." These words echo 8:1, but not exactly. We should expect to read "God remembered Lot," for Abraham's nephew was spared death, just as it was Noah who was remembered after the flood. This difference is not incidental; we are to understand that Abraham's intercession has saved his nephew, not Lot's own goodness. It is the patriarch whom the Lord remembers with favor
John Calvin writes: "What the Lord does gratuitously-induced by no other cause than his own goodness-is ascribed to the prayers of men, for this reason: that we may be stirred to worship God, and to pray to him." In other words, Genesis 19:29 reminds us of our need to pray. The Lord is pleased to use our prayers as He redeems our friends & family. We can never pray too long or too hard for our wayward sons and daughters or unrepentant fathers and mothers
Consider also that if God remembered Abraham, how much more will He heed the prayers of His Son? Our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, can save us to the uttermost because He continually intercedes for all those with faith in Him (Isaiah 53:10-12; Hebrews 7:25)
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Psalm 8:1-9
Proverbs 2:6-15
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