- Genesis 14 Daily DEVO And blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!” And Abram gave him a tenth of everything. Genesis 14:20 – Abram acknowledged that the victory was his because God gave him the victory. Have you began to accredit God with your victories? Don’t be fooled into thinking you overcame or succeeded on your own. Remember the strength and talent you have God gave you. Remember the money you have, God gave you the mind and time to earn it all. All that we have has been given to us by God so every victory we find we must give Him the credit due to Him. Be willing to humble yourself like Abram. Even with his vast wealth, he took the time to show thanks to God and acknowledge God’s hand in the past victory. Let’s seek to do the same in our victories today. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 494
- Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled to the hill country. Genesis 14:10 – When running, make sure you are running in the right direction. Since I didn’t know what bitumen was I had to look it up. Apparently other terms are slime pits or even asphalt pits. Bubbling slime pits that things, and as we see in the passage, people as well can fall into. After their battle they turned and ran yet ran in a direction that was only going to lead to their entrapment. We may want to laugh at their stupidity, yet how often do we find ourselves running from our battles into things that will only entrap us in the end. We run to food to feel better, another relationship to feel worthy, alcohol to feel numb, or self harm to feel something. Yet all these are is bitumen, a slime pit that we’ll fall into and find ourselves trapped within. Run then in the right direction, run to Jesus who is only one who can set you free. Yes, you have the freedom to run to anything you want to, but Jesus is the one place that will keep you free. Run wisely. Run to Jesus when hurt and pain are overwhelming rather than anything else. He’s the source of help you actually need. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1818
- They also took Lot, the son of Abram’s brother, who was dwelling in Sodom, and his possessions, and went their way. Genesis 14:12 – If you hung around with a group of kids that were constantly knocking down wasp nests, you wouldn’t be surprised if eventually you got stung. Or if you stayed with a group of guys who were careless with guns, constantly firing them all around, if wouldn’t surprise you if someday you accidently got shot. For Lot then, choosing to dwell in a land filled with sin and the people were constantly surrendering to the lusts of sin, it’s not surprising he got caught up in the mess the sin caused. Spurgeon said it this way, “Those believers who conform to the world must expect to suffer for it.” Anytime we comprise our faithful walk to walk in sin, we shouldn’t be surprised when we get caught up in the war, battles, fights, and hurt that comes with those of the world. Rather we should be in the world, but not of it. We can see the sin around us and see the those around us submitting to the enemy, but we will not stand in the way of sinners to get swept up in their mess with them. Allow Lot’s example to be one that deters you from that next choice of sin or from staying with that person/group that dwells in sin. God is calling you to something better, and while God certainly has the power to save you from your sin, He’s not calling you to return to it. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2820
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