Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
Text: Genesis 19: 15-17
MEDITATION
Genesis 19:15-17
15 When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.”
16 And while he lingered, the men took hold of his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.
17 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.”
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. The night before
a. Lot must have tried to persuade all family members to leave Sodom.
b. But his words fell on deaf ears.
2. In the morning
a. The angels urged Lot to leave with whoever would heed the admonition.
b. Only four of them were mentioned:
i. Lot and his wife.
ii. His two daughters.
c. Punishment of the city was at hand.
3. Lot lingered
a. He was reluctant to leave Sodom.
b. He had left his uncle Abraham to make his fortune in the city.
4. Dragging Lot and his family away
The angels led the family of four by the hand, to get out of Sodom. They were to leave for the mountains. They must not look back or they could be destroyed with Sodom.
经文:创世记 19:15-17
沉思
《创世记 19:15-17》
15 天明了,天使催逼罗得说:“起来,带着你的妻子和你在这里的两个女儿出去,免得你因这城里的罪恶同被剿灭。”
16 但罗得迟延不走。二人因为耶和华怜恤罗得,就拉着他的手和他妻子的手,并他两个女儿的手,把他们领出来,安置在城外。17 领他们出来以后,就说:“逃命吧!不可回头看,也不可在平原站住,要往山上逃跑,免得你被剿灭。”