Song # 1040.1 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. The Book of Genesis tells us in chapter 19, how God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah because the people were very wicked. God sent two Angels to the city where they found Lot sitting at the gateway entrance.
Two Angels arrived at Sodom in the evening and Lot was sitting in the gateway (Genesis 19:1). The two men said to Lot “Do you have anyone else here - sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here” (Genesis 19:12), “because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it” (Genesis 19:13). So Lot went out and spoke with his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said “Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking (Genesis 19:14). With the coming of dawn, the Angels urged Lot, saying “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished” (Genesis 19:15). When he hesitated, the Angels grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the Lord was merciful to them (Genesis 19:16). As soon as they had brought them out, one of the Angels said “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!” (Genesis 19:17). Lot said to them “But I can’t flee to the mountains, this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die” (Genesis 19:19). “Look, there is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it, then my life will be spared” (Genesis 19:20). The Angels agreed and said they would not destroy the small town of Zoar that Lot had told them about.
By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land (Genesis 19:21-23). Then the Lord rained down burning sulphur on Sodom and Gomorrah from the Lord out of the heavens (Genesis 19:24). Thus the Lord overthrew those cities and the entire plain, and all those living within them (Genesis 19:25). But while they were escaping the city, Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26).
Thought for today: you have all you need in life, when you have God in your life.
Thought for the future: with God, all things are possible, including eternal life. Where will you spend your eternity?