Please read Genesis 13.
https://www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/gen/13/1/s_13001
Meditate on this phrase from
verse 5.
Now Lot, who went with Abram ...
There
is a repeated phrase in Genesis 12-13: “Lot went with him” (Genesis 12:4; 13:1,
5). Lot was Abram’s nephew, the adult son of Abram’s deceased brother, Haran.
Abram’s father, Terah, assumed the responsibility of his grandson, Lot, after
the death of Haran (Genesis 11:27-31).
God
told Abram to go forth from his country and from his relatives and from his
father’s house to the land He would show him (Genesis 12:1). Well, Abram obeyed
part of God’s commands. He left his country and went to the land God showed
him, but he took Lot with him.
Partial
obedience to God is disobedience, and there are always consequences to
disobeying God. Abram gave up the best of God’s gift of land to selfish Lot in
order to appease him and put an end to family strife. Abram finally obeyed God
in Genesis 13:11, “thus they separated from each other.” But by this point, the
consequences remained, and you will continue to read about Lot in the days to
come. In fact, to this day, the descendants of Lot occupy the land east of the
Jordan River (Genesis 13:11), and there is still strife between the descendants
of Lot (Jordan) and the descendants of Abram (Israel).
Does
it matter whether you choose to completely obey God or not? The countries of
Israel and Jordan live with the consequences of a relative who partially obeyed
God over 4000 years ago.
Pray
Genesis 13:18 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful,
prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“LORD,
help _________ and me to move
our tents
as soon as You tell us,
to
the place You tell us, and in the way You tell us.
Then
and there we will build an altar and worship You, LORD.
Because
of Your name, Jesus~”
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