Proclamation:
“So Abram said to Lot ,
‘Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and
mine, for we are close relatives. Is not
the whole land before you? Let’s part
company. If you go to the left, I’ll go
to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.’ Lot looked around and saw the whole plain of
the Jordan toward Zoar was
well watered, like the garden of The Lord … So Lot chose for himself the whole plain
of the Jordan
and set out toward the east.” Genesis
13:8-11 (NIV)
Explanation:
These are the words of God which were written by Moses under
the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.
After Abram left his father’s household and country, he went to the land of Canaan
near Bethel
where he pitched his tent and built an alter. (Genesis 12:4-8) In order to avoid the famine in the land,
Abram went down to Egypt
for a while where he lied and said that his wife Sarai was his sister so that
the Egyptians would not kill him and take her. (Genesis 12:10-20) He returned to Bethel
with more than he had when he left, and his herds and Lot ’s
herds were so large that the land could not support them both. (Genesis
13:1-6) When quarreling started between
Abram’s herders and Lot’s herders, Abram told Lot
to choose the part of the land that he wanted, and he would take the other
side. Abram was generous and let Lot have the best part of his land. After Lot
left, The Lord spoke to Abram and blessed him saying that all of the land that
he could see, in all directions, would be his. (Genesis 13:14-18)
Application:
All separations are not bad.
Sometimes it is better to separate yourself from some people in order to
keep the peace. The children of God are
to be peacemakers. (Matthew 5:9) It is
also good to be generous when you give to God’s people. The Bible says, “Give, and it shall be given
unto you.” (Luke 6:38) By giving, we
shall receive; and as we give, so shall we receive. The Bible also says that the generous person
will be made rich, and he that blesses others will himself also be blessed.
(Proverbs 11:25) By giving generously to
God’s people, we will be blessed.
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