DAILY READINGS: Nehemiah 9; Zechariah 5-6; Revelation 14
And the LORD appeared unto [Abraham] in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day. Genesis 18:1
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Genesis 19:1a
Abraham and Lot were seated in radically different places, which revealed their differing attitudes to this life. The pilgrim Abraham sat in a tent door, a portable, impermanent dwelling of someone looking for a better country (Heb. 11:16). His kinsman Lot sat in the city gate, the place of government for one whose efforts concentrated on this present world. Through prayer, the former influenced Sodom’s destiny; while the latter failed even to influence his own wife and sons-in-law. —K. R. Keyser
Though our pilgrimage be dreary, this is not our resting place;
Shall we of the way be weary, when we see our Master’s face?—S. Tregelles