"And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed."
Genesis 19:17
This is when God sent angels to tell Lot and his family to escape the destruction of their city, and they are instructed to not look behind. It reminds me of the similar stories of God telling Lehi to escape from his city, and God telling Moses to lead the Children of Israel out of their city. So many of those groups looked back, despite the danger and destruction behind them. They weren't turned to salt as Lot's Wife was, but there were similar devastating consequences in a longer-term way.
The lesson here, which is the same lesson that we experience in our own lives when God tells us to escape from sin, or to leave a city or a place and start over, is don't look back. Don't live in the past, but go forward with hope and build something new. Partner with God, start over, become the new, better person. Today, let's remember that Godly advice. Let's let go of the past, create an amazing present, and work towards the future that God has promised.
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