Lot's Choice - NCCG.ORG Ning Network Archive 2008-10

LOT''S CHOICE!

"Before you go to sleep, PLEASE pick up your dirty socks," Anna
begged.

"Grrr!! HOW many times have I TOLD her that!" Anna muttered to
herself, as she climbed into bed.

Sharing a room with her younger sister was great at times, but
Kate's dirty laundry on the floor was not fun at ALL.

Anna liked a clean room, but Kate could care LESS if it was clean.
It's funny how DIFFERENT two people can be, even coming from the
same family.

Mom and Dad were coming upstairs to pray and say good night. "Maybe
THEY could do something about these socks and stuff all over the
place," Anna thought to herself.

Entering the room, Mom could IMMEDIATELY see the war going on
between the two girls and scolded them: "You two girls should be
able to share better than this."

For a while now, Mom and Dad had been planning to move the girls
into their own rooms. Finally the bedrooms in the basement were
done. Dad smiled and asked the girls, "If I were to let you two
move downstairs, who would like to have the large bedroom, and who
would like the room with the windows?"

Dad was getting tired of their continual fighting. He saw quickly
that he needed to find a way to make more room for the girls, the
sooner the better.

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Because Abram followed Yahweh's plan for his life, he and his family
were blessed by Yahweh. Abram enjoyed having many cattle and other
livestock. He also had gold and silver from Egypt. But soon these
blessings became a problem for Abram...

...and his nephew Lot.

Abram and his family were traveling away from Egypt now. They left
Canaan and went back to Bethel. There they went to where Abram had
camped before, between Bethel and Hai. It was the same place where
Abram had built an altar.

Again, Abram stopped at the altar so he could talk with Yahweh. He
depended on Yahweh to help him EVERYWHERE he went. All the
animals and all the servants stood still and waited while Abram
prayed.

During this time, his nephew Lot was traveling with Abram. Lot also
had MANY sheep, cattle, and tents of his own. Abram and Lot had SO
many animals that the land could NOT hold BOTH of them any longer.

"Hey! This is OUR watering well!" Abram's shepherds complained.

"Why do you have to have it all day and night? Can't you let US
have a turn?" Lot's shepherds asked.

"You keep your cattle and sheep AWAY from here! This grass belongs
to US!" Abram's herders and Lot's herders began to argue. Something
was going to have to CHANGE. It was just TOO crowded to keep the
animals together like this any longer.

Can you just imagine how crowded it was with all the animals and
stuff, and MORE animals and MORE stuff, and.... Well, kind of like
Anna and Kate sharing one room with all their clothes and other
stuff.

Not only were Abram and Lot living on this land, but the Canaanites
and the Perizzites were living in the land, too. There were cities
and plenty of land around, too. They would just have to move apart,
they decided.

So Abram said to Lot, "There should be no arguing between you and
me. Your herders and mine should not argue either. We are family.
Instead of arguing, we should separate."

Abram loved Lot and did NOT want to fight with Lot or have bad
feelings between Lot and himself. So Abram told Lot, "The whole
land is there in front of you. If you go to the left, I will go to
the right. If you go to the right, I will go to the left."

Abram knew that in order to keep real peace between them, Lot
should be the one to choose FIRST. Abram trusted Yahweh to bless him
WHEREVER he was.

Lot looked all around and saw the whole Jordan valley. Trees,
bushes and lovely plants filled this area. He saw that there was
much water there. It was like Yahweh's Garden - green and full.
It could be compared to the land of Egypt. No famine or drought was
seen. Sodom and Gomorrah were still large cities full of people.
These people were very bad, and Yahweh had not destroyed them yet.

Abram and Lot went off in separate directions. Lot chose to move
east and live in the Jordan valley, and Abram lived in the land of
Canaan.

Yahweh was pleased with how Abram had treated Lot and kept blessing
Abram. But Lot lived among the cities in the Jordan valley and
moved very close to the wicked city of Sodom.

After Lot had left, Yahweh told Abram to look around to the north,
south, east, and west.

"Abram, the land you see, I will give it to you and to your family
FOREVER. And I will make your children number as the dust of the
earth, so that if a man could count all the grains of sand, then
they shall be able to count your children."

What a promise! Yahweh also told Abram to walk all over this area
and see the beauty of it. It was promised to Abram from Yahweh. Yahweh
promised and He GAVE. Yahweh KEPT His promise. Yahweh ALWAYS keeps His
promises!

* * *

REMEMBER
Yahweh ALWAYS keeps His promises!

THINK!
1. After Abram and his family left Egypt, where did they go?
2. Yahweh blessed Abram and Lot with flocks. What kind of animals
were they?
3. Why couldn't Lot and Abram live in the same area?
4. Who was fighting over the land?
5. Who chose land first, Abram or Lot?
6. Where did Lot choose to live?
7. Where did Abram go to live?
8. Yahweh spoke again to Abram. What did Yahweh say?
9. What did Yahweh tell Abram to do?

A VERSE TO LEARN

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children
of Yahweh" (Matthew 5:9).

LET'S PRAY

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Dear Yahweh, teach me to be a peacemaker. Help me to
remember to talk with you often so I can know what
You want me to do and please You.
In Yah'shua's Name. Amen.
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CAN YOU FIND THIS STORY IN THE BIBLE?
Genesis 13:1-18

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