Faith Capsule: Obey the good word of the good God.

Genesis 19

Disobedience to the word of God is disrespectful to God’s Lordship over one’s life. Disobeying God’s word is disregarding God for who He is. To disobey God is to despise God. When man despises the word of God, man takes a position of stepping into self-destruction. “The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, And He delights in his way.” (Psalm37:23) God is good and it is good to obey the word of God. To whom the word orders his step and to whom is able to obey, it is good. However, to who is ordered by the word of God and does not obey, it is bad. Also, obedience to the order in the word of God is a guarantee to make man prevail regardless of this world’s challenges. Are you one that studiously takes a stand in the word of God without taking suggestion from the word of man? It is written, “Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholds him with His hand.”(Psalm 37:24) However, there is a difference in falling. Anyone who falls and does not get up will fail and be counted out while the one who falls and gets up shall not be utterly cast down. Have you faltered in response to the Word that orders your step? To falter in the Word that orders your step is to fall.
The wife of Lot faltered by virtue of her disobedience to the word of God. Lot’s wife despised the word of God and became destroyed. Lot and his wife were specifically commanded by God about how to preserve their life through the route of escape from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. It is written, “So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, ‘Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.’”(Genesis 19:17) The steps of Lot and his wife were ordered by the angel that brought them out of the destruction to escape and have life. Lot’s wife failed to retain God’s word of command in her route of deliverance. Lot’s wife entered into disorder that evidently took her life away. The Bible specifically mentioned that Lot’s wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. (Genesis 19:26) God had a good plan for her escape when He brought them out of Sodom and Gomorrah, but she resulted to disobedience by looking back. Obey the good word of the good God. Take steps of a good man and delight in the good God.

Prayer for today: Ask God to teach you in His way and lead you in a smooth path. Let me not be a failure.