FAITH CAPSULE: Be alert to escape coming judgement.

Genesis 6

Wickedness of man in the earth provoked God’s destruction at the time of Noah and at the time of Lot. Deliverance from destruction in the wicked world demands from man to be alert.
Noah’s alert from destruction of his time was identified as his walking with God.
Genesis 6:5-8 recorded, “Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.  And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.  So the Lord said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.”
Noah walked with God in his wicked corrupted world. Bible described him as a just man, perfect in his generation and found grace in the eyes of the Lord. (Genesis 6:8-10)
Lot acted alert by not been quiet to wickedness of his time. Lot was not quiet but acted against the wicked of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. God is of knowledge that weighs our action. (1 Samuel 2:3) Lot embraced men (angels) when he insisted strongly for them not to spend night in the open square.
Lot’s action was an alert that prepared him for the escape of judgement at his time. Lot acted against wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah when he kept the angels in his house. Bible recorded, “Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally. So Lot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door behind him, and said, “Please, my brethren, do not do so wickedly!” (Genesis 19:4-7) As the people forced against Lot to break down his house, supposedly the angels struck the people with blindness. The men (angels) revealed destruction and escape to Lot and his family. Lot’s son-in-law joked over escape; Lot lingered (delay) to engage escape but he had favor that increased mercy for his deliverance. Lot escaped but his wife was destroyed when she despised the word of escape which commanded not to look back.
Lot’s act alert granted him “increased mercy” (Genesis 19:19) Among Lot’s alert for escape from destruction was recorded, “And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.” (Genesis 19:29) Be alert to escape coming judgement.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace of deliverance to be your portion.