Lot and the valley are reminiscent of Adam and the garden. The valley of the Jordan is described as being “like the garden of the LORD” ( Genesis 13:10), and because of its Eden-like qualities, Lot claims it for his own. When Abraham allowed Lot to choose for himself the land on which he and his clan would dwell, we read that Lot chose the valley of the Jordan. In fact, there is a very subtle contrast revealed in the narrative of Lot which reminds us that this is not the first time this story has been told.
Sodom represents all that’s broken in humanity, and it becomes clear that the city merely reflects the idolatrous affections in Lot. What does this man’s life and, most importantly, God’s response to it reveal about the God we claim to know and love?ĭo you know people like Lot? It seems there are many people, that no matter how many opportunities life presents them, they always seem to be drawn to degradation and impurity and those things which the Apostle Paul referred to as “deeds of the flesh” ( Galatians 5:19). The story of Lot’s waywardness and rescue is one of those accounts that leaves me with an unsettled twinge in the caverns of my soul.Īnd just between you and me, I’m almost offended that God would extend his hand of compassion to a man like Lot, but then the Spirit reminds me that I’m also a man like Lot. There are fewer greater displays of the merciful character of God than what can be seen in the life of Lot and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. What does mercy reveal about the heart and character of God? The only place we can find answers to this question and others like it is in the word of God. This is, in fact, the question which we are seeking to answer. On more than one occasion, through the years, I have found this to be true as God daily displays deeper and deeper depths of his merciful character in ways that always leave me in awe. As the years passed and I matured spiritually, I began to suspect that the word mercy likely carried a much deeper meaning than my grandmothers’ usage, especially as it related to God.
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It was whatever the Lord would do for my grandmothers to help them not skin my hide. In that context, I knew exactly what mercy was. If I were in my grandmothers’ presence for any length of time, both would eventually have reason to call on the Lord with the famous southern prayer, “Laud, have mercy!” The word mercy is one of those words that many of us grew up hearing all the time, but we possibly never truly understood its meaning.
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