Genesis 19-21

Trying a new format today.

Revelation:
Gen 19:15
And when the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying "Up, take your wife and your two daughters, who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city."

Response:
Lot hesitated.

Next steps:
The angels took Lot and his family by the hand and took them out of the city.

I find this to be a very interesting response. Lot lived in an evil place. Obviously, the people of the town did not treat his guests well, but still there was something in the place that caused both Lot and his wife to hesitate leaving.

There are so many examples early on in the scriptures about God calling people, but the people instead stayed put. The revelation to me is that I need to be a person who is willing to move when God asks.

Another interesting bit from today's passage is that Abraham again enters a new land, and again tells the leader there that Sarah is his sister, not his wife. So the leader, Abimelech, takes Sarah and is cursed. Abraham's reasoning is that if the person knew Sarah was his wife, they would kill Abraham. Again we see the doubt of Abraham.

Then Sarah has a son, Issac. After this, she tells Abraham to send Hagar and Ishmael away in to the wilderness. Perhaps I don't understand all of the cultural aspects here, but it seems that Sarah is very unkind to Hagar throughout this story. Especially since it was Sarah's idea that Abraham try to have a child with Hagar. Despite this, God is faithful to Hagar on behalf of his blessing to Abraham, and promises to make Ishmael into a great nation as well.