FAITH CAPSULE: God’s package of escape is consistent to deliver and should never be violated.

Genesis 19:1-18, Numbers 14:26-38

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) Two angels were sent for destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The angels spoke to Lot about taking the route of escape and not become a part of destruction which was set as a judgment upon Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot responded, “Please, no, my lords!  Indeed now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have increased your mercy which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, lest some evil overtake me and I die. See now, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one; please let me escape there (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.” (Genesis 19:19-20) God had a better and extended plan of escape for Lot and his family but Lot is stuck with limited plan of escape. Is God taking you to a mountain top as your ground of escape while you have settled for a little and minor ground of escape? It is possible that the spirit of limited possibility is the Lots family. Just as Lot struggled to accept and move forward to a mountain instead of limited ground, his wife demonstrated spirit of limitation.

At the time angels brought them outside to set them for escape, it was clearly communicated to Lot and his wife, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you…”

Interestingly, despite angels warning not to look back, Lot’s wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. God’s package of escape is consistent to deliver and should never be violated. The world today is indeed a copy of Sodom and Gomorrah but Jesus brought to the world escape package for whosoever receive and believe in Him.

In the package of escape, there should be no looking back for any who sincerely desirers escape. Looking back is an evidence of back sliding and it will cause a setback. Looking back is setting self on what belong to the past which does not have a place with God. Looking back will connect one with complain the evidence of comparing what belong in the past with the present. The Israelites in their escape route looked back; they complained and confessed negative which deny their entrance to God’s Promised Land except for Caleb and Joshua with no complains but positive confession.

Accept and believe in Jesus, stay focus and not stray from looking up only unto He who is able to deliver you through to the end.

Prayer for today: Ask for God’s grace and mercy to keep you from looking back away from Jesus.