Choices!

Due to the strife that had risen between them, Abram presented Lot with a choice. The choice was which direction he would go? He had the option of going any direction he wanted to and Abram would go the opposite way.

We are told what it was that influenced his decision. Lot looked and saw a well-watered land that reminded him of Egypt. To Lot it was a direction of ease, of comfort, and of plenty. The other directions did not carry with them the potential of this way. Even though this way was the way where great wickedness was being manifest. Abram let Lot choose for himself and he chose the wrong direction. This choice would eventually cost him his wife and would bring he and his daughters into a terrible sin.

Abram on the other hand went the opposite way and he and his family were blessed by the Lord. Although the way he took did not look like it would be prosperous or easy, the Lord made it so for him.

We need to be careful that we make wise and Godly choices this year. We should not look to taking the easy route, the comfortable road, nor the way that gives us the greatest advantage. The hard way, the uncomfortable way, the poor way is the best way if God choose to bless it. My God help us with our decisions in 2009.