Day 2: 90-Day Bible Challenge

Day 2: 90-Day Bible Challenge

Today’s reading:
Genesis 17:1-28:19


A thought or two:
In Genesis 18 there is an interesting story where God appears to Abraham. Not only does God reveal Himself to Abraham, but He also reveals His plans to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah due to the “outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin is so grievous”. Abraham pleads with God “will you wipe away the wicked with the righteous”? By the end of the conversation God says that He won’t destroy Sodom and Gomorrah if He can find 10 righteous people in those cities.

One of the thoughts I would like to draw out from this story is this, if we are close enough to God, He will reveal to us His plans for the earth. Whether He has in His mind to send a great blessing or a judgment like He did in this story, we should be the first to know.

The other thought I want share is this, God didn’t destroy Sodom and Gomorrah because of the grossness of their sin, He destroyed it because of their lack of righteous people. The lack of righteous people left a void that allowed gross sin to enter into their cities, but at the end of the day God said if there are only 10, that is good enough for Him to spare the cities.

Scientifically we know there is no such thing as measuring darkness, merely there is a lack of light. There is also no such as measuring coldness, merely just a lack of heat (even when you are measuring into negative degrees, it is still talking about heat measurements). In the same way evil is the lack of righteousness. God is looking for you and me to be His representatives here on earth, so that His love, glory and mercy may be seen!

Tomorrow’s reading:
Genesis 28:20-40:11