02/05/2026
In my Bible reading this week, I discovered something I had never read before. In Genesis, a king's army took Lot and all his belongings. Abraham heard of this and went and attacked the army. He saved Lot and returned him to S***m. The king came to Abraham and offered him mighty riches, but Abraham told the king he didn’t want it to be said he gained wealth from the king of S***m. Mind blown. It told me Lot could have clung to Abraham then and not returned to S***m and saved his entire family, but instead, he chose comfort. Later, after he lost his wife, he became drunk and impregnated his daughters, which in turn affected the future generations. From what I read and how I understood it, it says they took all of Lot's belongings and moved him. Sometimes we have to choose discomfort to protect our next generations. It would not have meant he didn’t love the people of S***m, didn’t mean he wouldn’t have missed his home and friends, but he could have changed the outcome to save his family for generations. Lot could have chosen discomfort. Abraham refused riches and probably more because Abraham was protecting his bloodline for years to come. Didn’t mean he didn’t love Lot, but he had to love him from afar, not because Lot was bad or his family was bad, but because he was rooting for his family for generations to come. There are so many different ways one can view this. For me, this was my takeaway. Life is uncomfortable. You can’t control others' actions, you can’t hate them for actions; you must love and forgive them, but it’s okay to remove yourself, not because of anything other than you have to protect your family, your mindset, and your future generations. We all can make it to heaven; we can all love and encourage each other; we can even save those we love when the enemy attacks them; we can return to the comfort, but in return, we may lose a family member because they can’t handle the temptation. After reading this, it gave me an entirely new look at Lot's wife. All this time I wondered what it was that made her look back; then I thought maybe she looked back because she had been captured once and she was scared that might happen again, and that was the last time she would see those she loved. Anyone who has ever heard my testimony knows I am no stranger to alcohol. I have always been one to struggle with addiction; I have memories locked in my brain that I can’t get out; I can be triggered by smells, certain music, certain people. It’s easy for some to just block things out, but until you truly experience trauma, you’ll never know what I am talking about. If you have never struggled with addiction, you will not know what I am talking about. Lot could have changed the outcome of his bloodline for his family, but he chose comfort over the unknown. I believe God has a purpose for everything; it doesn’t mean he doesn’t love us or we don’t love others, but sometimes he moves you, not because others are bad, but because one of you may cause the other to stumble. Lot lived in a different land, but when Lot needed help, he came running. I don’t know a lot about Abraham, but I don’t believe he made many choices without prayer and fasting. I do know that he was going to give his inheritance to a servant because he had no bloodline, but he was promised a son, a son that would later be used. Then I have to question if the reason Abraham returned Lot to S***m was because he was afraid of the impact Lot or his family would have on the ones he was chosen to protect. There are so many what-ifs; who was following God's will? So many gossip about what Lot or Abraham should have done, or my personal favorite, not liking Abraham for not choosing comfort after all he could have been eating from a silver spoon. Now apply that to your own life. My testimony may not be the same as yours, but don’t think for a second God didn’t ordain my steps. Last night, Brother Carney said something last night that has really impacted me (this is paraphrased): “You can’t make or judge someone on what you think they should be or have done; you can only be a better you from what you were before.”
If you are negative in the comments, I am going to go ahead and block you; if you can’t be positive, please keep scrolling. This is for maybe someone struggling, and maybe this will help them with what they are facing. Be blessed and know God loves you and even when you don’t see it he’s working
