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Genesis 19:17-26, Jeremiah 7:21-28

Obeying GodÕs command is the only way to go forward; disobeying His command is the way backward. Jeremiah 7:23, ÒBut this is what I commanded them, saying, Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you that it may be well with you.Ó His way is His commandment; His commandment is His way. Have you found out lately that your going is like going the backward way instead of upward way? God is not an incomplete God neither is He an inconsistent God. He that started a good thing for you will bring it to an expected end. Philippians 1:6, ÒBeing confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.Ó Take a moment and search where you have wronged and where you have to enter a backward way. Have you searched and found out if you have taken to the dictates of your heart? Jeremiah 7:24, ÒYet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.Ó Does the verse sound familiar to your hearing? It is left for you to seek answer and correction in the pages of the word of God. There is clarity in the fact that backward going is the way of death; forward going is the way of life. Sad that < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>LotÕs wife is not around. She would have been in the best position to highlight what going backward is all about for your understanding. It is not only when you turn and take a step back that you have entered a backward journey but when you begin to look back you have also taken a backward step. Ask LotÕs wife. Take to the word of God and it will take you forward not backward.