DAILY?READINGS: 1 Kings 18; Jeremiah 30; Hebrews 1
And Abram went up out of Egypt … And Lot with him. Genesis 13:1
And Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well-watered … like the land of Egypt. Genesis 13:10
Abram sinned when he went down to Egypt, jeopardizing his own walk with God. But Abram also brought his nephew Lot to this place that was out of the Lord’s will. There Lot succumbed to a love of the world that only grew stronger as time passed. The result was that Lot became a prominent resident in wicked and worldly Sodom. Sin’s effects are deadly and far-reaching, often contaminating others as well as ourselves. Be diligent to abide in the centre of God’s good and perfect will. —D. Pickup
Hope of all who trust in Thee, Thou whose blood was shed for me,
Thro’ its healing power divine, keep from sin this heart of mine.
—Fanny J. Crosby