We read of Lot and his family living and prospering in the fertile Jordan Valley where he amassed a great amount of livestock and property. Over time he became a well respected member of the community, often sitting at the city gate to oversee commerce. But Sodom was known for its pervasive immorality, violence, and social injustice, (Genesis 18-19) therefore, God determined that it would be destroyed, and sent two angels to warn Lot to flee. But Lot lingered. He was well aware of the danger…yet he tarried. Why? The answer is easy. Lot was comfortable and didn’t want to leave behind all he had. He had become accustomed to the world of Sodom, and so desensitized by the sinfulness, that he didn’t want to leave…even if it meant his relationship with God. And it was only by God’s mercy that he was saved. But God’s Word has always been firm…we should have an engaged presence in the world without adopting its values. .in other words, to be in the world but not of it. (John 15:19 & John 17:14-16)
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