When Our Hope Lies in Our Own Hands
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Driven by Fear
Driven by Fear
Genesis 19:30 (NIV)
Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave.
Fear shifts our focus from the Lord to our current circumstances.
Genesis 19:18–22 (NIV)
But Lot said to them, “No, my lords, please! Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die. Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.”
He said to him, “Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of. But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.)
The Ends Justify the Means
The Ends Justify the Means
Genesis 19:31–35 (NIV)
One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth. Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.”
That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.” So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
When we are driven by fear, the ends always justify the means. We find ourselves wrapped up in compromise because there is no absolute in fear other than fear itself.
The intent to preserve the family line is honorable, but the means of incest is deplorable.
God is not Limited by Our Hands
God is not Limited by Our Hands
Genesis 19:36–38 (NIV)
So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father. The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites of today. The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.
God works good and remains faithful even when we turn astray.
God is faithful to provide the means to turn our mistakes into means of grace for others. For from the Moabites, the Lord restores the wayward line of Lot to glory as Ruth and Boaz are united and are in the line of David.