Salted - LOT

SALTED

But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
(Gen 19:26)

This is an excerpt of my sermon preached on 22/1/12 at Word of Life Church. I don't know about you, but I had always wanted to know what Lot's wife became a pillar of salt ?

God had spoken to me the day before to find out how salt is made. With the understanding that Jesus calls us Salt and Light. Light is the life of Christ in us. Remember God breathe His life into us. 

Salt is made by a process called crystallization where brine (salted water) is evaporated by Sun Light. Water which is 2 parts hydrogen and 1 part oxygen (H2O) and Salt is NACL - Sodium Chloride. Salt never exist on its on in the natural. As water evaporates, all that is left is NACL - Sodium Chloride. That's where you get sea salt. 

When God judged Sodom and Gomorrah, it was a process where LIGHT was seen. When Lot's wife turned back, she became a pillar of salt because the all the life that was in her was taken away ! . All that was left was the salt (Salt and Light).

You see our eyes reveal much of our lives. What we choose to fix our eyes on, our focus..that's where our treasure is. Lot's wife's focus was not God but what's the past. 

Lot and the rest were saved because they focused on getting to where God has allowed them to go. Imperfect they were, they kept their eyes on Zoar. However as we read the rest of Genesis 19, we realised that Zoar was a compromised on Lot's part. God allowed it because God will never violate our will.

Lot questioned God's choice of refuge (the mountain) by putting blocks of fear and worry in front of him.  When he reached Zoar, he realised Zoar was not pleasant at all. Eventually, he ended up in the mountain..but because of his partial obedience which is also disobedience, he ended up bringing compromise into his family.

So you see, keep our eyes on the Lord and stop complaining. We can trust Him. Jesus knows what He is doing.