May 4                                            1 Pet 1 - 2

YOUR LOT?

MEMORISE: 'And there was strife between the herdsmen Of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: And the Canaanite and the Perizzite Dwelled then in the land.' (Gen 13:7)
READ: 1 Peter 4:1-5

'For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged' (Rom 3:3-4). God is ever true. He stands by anything he says he will do. He watches over his word to perform it in your life. When God asks you not to commit adultery, it is for your own good. He does not have a wife he hopes to protect by such a command.

Due to disobedience, Abraham lost his wife to Pharaoh. Yet God decided to help him. In Genesis 12:17-20, God sent trouble into Pharaoh's household and relishing the cause, Pharaoh sent Sarah back to Abraham. In spite of this, Abraham still continued in disobedience by further taking Lot with him (Gen 13:1). 'And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the Land' (Gen 13:7).

God clearly instructed Abraham to leave his country, father's house and his kindred. He obeyed the first two but took his kindred, lot with him. The presence of lot brought trouble to him. Who is Lot in your life today? It could be that housemaid, if she trying hard to steal your heart from your wife. Lot may be the unequal yoke with that unbeliever you intend marrying. Lot could be the mindset you have been developed in time past which is contrary to God's word.

Imagine somebody saying to a lady he is proposing to marry, 'In my family, you have to conceive first before I can marry you.' And imagine so-called believers in that family still conforming to such methods and thereby engaging in premarital sex. That lot can ruin you completely. Put away every lot in your life. Until you do that, your progress is at a standstill. I fact, in some cases, until you make the necessary restitution and put off that second wife, you cannot please God and heaven will be a mirage.

ACTION POINT
Ask the Lord to uproot by fire every 'Achan' or 'Lot'
Hindering his perfect will for Nigeria.