Don't Look Back

^{Genesis Chapter 19: 16-17,25-26
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+19&version=NIV 
16} When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them. ¹⁷ As soon as they had brought them out, one of them 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!”
25Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land. ²⁶ But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
Luke 9:62
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9&version=NIV

⁶² Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”

First of all I encourage you to read both of the scriptures I posted upon in their entirety. With that being said I only posted the parts that I wanted to touch on in this blog.

People interpret the bible in many different ways. Some people interpret the bible literally, as in to say that everything that is written in the bible down to the smallest detail happen at some point in time. Then there are others that say that while certain events, like Jesus' birth, death,resurrection and etc., are true; other smaller details were written as example for us to follow. Like what not to do and what to do. I fall somewhere in between, because I believe that everything in the bible did happen and it happen for us to have an example of what to do and what not to do. Also it gives us example of what to do after you have did what you were not suppose to do.(that was a lot of to do(s), but you get my point.)

I say that because I love to take the scriptures and apply them to my daily life. Take the scriptures above for example. In Genesis 19, if you are not familiar with it, you find Lot, the only God fearing man in Sodom and Gomorrah. In the Scriptures before that we learned that God was going to wiped both cities off the face of the earth because of the wickedness, but Abraham pleaded with God to let destroy the righteous in the cities, So God spared Lot and his Family. All Lot and his family had to do is go forth and not look back. However, as we see Lot's wife looks back and for her disobedience she gets turned into a pillar of salt.


So when I look at the scripture and apply it to my life  I start to think about how it truly applies to me. what I come up with is that we can all view Sodom and Gomorrah as the sin that resides in our lives. God wants to wipe away the wickedness that is inside each and every one of us. However, I can he Abraham pleading for us reminding God about the seed of righteousness that is inside of us as well. So God wants to separate us from what every sin is holding us back from being closer to him. All He wants us to do is walk away and don't look back. Now if we looked back I don't think that we will turn into a pillar of salt, but we will miss out on our Blessing. Look at Lot's wife, she had just escaped the wrath of God and she just had to look back to see what he had done, instead of looking forward to look at what he is doing. As long as we are in sin then we are separated from God and His blessing.
As for the last scripture, Luke 9:62. Jesus says it all,
“No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”
 I don't know about you but when it is all said and done the words I want to hear from my Savior are, "Well done my good and Faithful Servant." And here Jesus tells you that you can serve him and look back at your past at the same time. 
So again I encourage you to look forward to God and don't look back towards your sins. In this way you will become closing to your Creator and you will loosen the shackles that are the burden of sins.
Until next time God Bless ~ James Anthony Love jamesanthonylove@gmail.com