Lot's Wife-itus - A Chronic Disease That Afflicts Many

Genesis 19:26 - "But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt."

What does it mean to be led? What does it mean to trust God in that He will never leave nor forsake you? What does it mean to hear from God, move according to divine instruction and to keep on walking without looking back?

One may find it easy to answer these questions but I think that genunine, yet humble, self-examination is imperative when it comes to addressing the issue at hand.

In order to prevent the possible risk of any pots calling kettles black, I will use my own experiences as the sample for this analysis.

Like some of you, many of my prayers have consisted of clumsy declarations such as 'Lead me Lord; I will follow You Lord; Order my steps in Your Word Lord' - yada, yada, yada....but I have been forced to question my own supplication and ask: am I even ALLOWING Him to lead me?

I will be the first one that is bold enough to say no. Yes, I confess that I haven't allowed His leadership to bring me into my destiny nor have I fully submitted myself to being LED into His promises.

On numerous occasions, God has shown me situations, blessings and even trials that I must walk into by faith.

In the beginning, it looks okay as it is dressed up by this pretty little dress called 'Novelty' but then that dress starts to gain its expected wear and tear so eventually, the time comes for that tired old thing to be thrown out with the rest of the trash. After that you are practically left naked by the resistance from the enemy, in search of something new to wear but no, we have to continue persevering in our nakedness. For those of you that don't know, the concept of being naked is more than most would think; nakedness represents vulnerability (hence why immediately after realising they were naked, Adam and Eve hid themselves - see Genesis 2-3).

Now back to being naked. So once we come to realisation that we are in this vulnerable state, we panic as it doesn't help that we are now expected to persist on this journey, as well as fight a few enemies here and there, in our naked form. This means that we are subject to grazes, cuts, wounds, bruises, gashes - you name it! It causes us to cry out to God asking for the return of that cotton soft dress called 'Novelty'...sometimes it sounds a little bit like this: 'Lord, why can't it be like how it was before? I don't like it the way it is now! I want the old way back!'.

This is what Lot's wife did. Despite seeing the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (which was basically her the final chapter past being closed, she looked back one last time, causing her to become this pillar of salt and thus failing to enter into the new promise that God had prepared for her.

Again to save the whole pot and kettle name calling possibility from rearing its head, I will use myself as an example. I have often been instructed by God to obey His commands and step out in faith, in order to recieve a new thing or be used in a greater capacity but as soon I catch a glimpse of my own vulnerability in the situation, my first reaction is to run in the opposite direction; to the way things were - stress free, pain free and trust free.

My aim in all of this is that I, and anyone else who may identify with this post, will hurry to The Physician - Jesus -, accept the true diagnosis of our condition and desperately seek the cure for this disease that causes us to miss out time and time again on the things that God has in store for us.