03/02/2026
*DON'T LOOK BACK*
*Genesis 19[26] But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.*
Being in Christ means you have a new life and the old one is gonez you will have to live differently than you used to. However, this doesn't mean you will wake up tomorrow a perfect person, perfection is unattainable in this lifetime. But anyone who is regenerated, filled and being led by the Spirit of God will have new desires to please God and hate sin. This means one will seek to forget the past sinful life and strive towards holiness and pleasing God with the help of the Holy Spirit motivated by the hope of eternity. This is not pushing for legalism but we need to understand that, we do have a role to play in the sanctification journey. It is more like a partnership with God where He works in us to will and act in obedience: *Philippians 2[13] for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.*
This also means that you will have to forget the former things and strive for what's ahead: *Philippians 3[13] Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, [14] I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.* The story of Lot’s wife turning into a pillar of salt reminds us that, we must obey God even when it doesn't make sense. Lot's wife was supposed to obey not look back as instructed by the angel. However, obeying God is only possible when you are born again, submitted to the leading of the Spirit and determined not to turn from your old ways but looking. Lot's wife looked back because she was still in love with the past - Luke 17[32]. You will never be triumphant against sin if you are still in love with its pleasures.