Don't think it is so odd that Lot hesitated before leaving
Sodom. It is the most human of all tendencies; to flinch at the moment God starts to move in a life. He reveals a sin, directs a move, makes a determination and we pause in our acceptance of it. The nature of man must be conquered in this spot; our wincing doubt. Nothing gets done in us without faith in God. We can believe a billion things about ourselves and others but until we have grown to trust God in the smallest part, we have gotten nowhere. Abraham believed God which is why he never had a Sodom to abandon. He waited for the Lord to guide him where to go and believed God would. There is nothing complex about living in Christ. Faith in Him is at the heart of the relationship...not personal holiness, not sacrificial giving, not even generous love and affection. Everything else comes around as we take faith in God at the tiniest point and move forward from there. Faith the size of a mustard seed moves mountains! Imagine what might come of faith a bit larger than that? Christ cannot be followed until He is trusted.
In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them. Psalm 22:4 NIV
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