Tag: Luke 17:32

Genesis 19: 24-26 ” Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah- from the Lord out of the heavens. Thus He overthrew those cities and the entire plain, including all those living in the cities – and also the vegetation in the land. But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.”

Angels of the Lord had warned Lot and his family of the impending destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah… and to flee and not look back.  But even with the warning…Lot’s wife still turned back towards what once had been her life and lost it.  Jesus also reminds us of this in Luke 17:32, when He told His disciples, “Don’t go back.”  So why are we so prone to do exactly what the Lord tells us not to?  When our fear of the unknown outweighs our faith in God…we go back.  And when anxiety supersedes what we know in our heart to be true, our mind goes back to familiar coping mechanisms…allowing fear to crowd out our confidence in God.