March 15, 2015

Genesis 13:9, Abram and Lot


“If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.”

How many people have you heard who claim to be “Sons of Lot”? Exactly.

Lot made a decision to take the the well-watered plains and leave the arid desert to Abram. Abram may have regretted making such a generous offer to his nephew…disappointed that Lot made such a self-serving decision. Knowing Abram, he would have chosen the desert anyway. But…that would have been a sacrificial choice.

It works this way. If we provide for our own needs…at the expense of others..we have just told God we can handle things ourselves. If we sacrifice for the welfare of others we are telling God we need him to provide.

It’s a choice we make every day. We get to be Abram…or we get to be Lot.

Live boldly out there today…

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