GOD OF MERCY

God’s incredible mercies are seen as God rescues Lot and his family from the judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah. When angels came to visit Lot, we see all men from the city come to his house. Because of their wickedness, they become violent and want to break in but the angels struck them with blindness. We see the angels of the Lord showing them mercy by holding their hands and bringing them outside the city. After they had left, the Lord rained down brimstone from heaven and fire on Sodom & Gomorrah. He demolished all the inhabitants of the cities and whatever grew on the ground.

Lot was saved for the sake of Abraham. Who pleaded for his Nephew’s life to be spared when he learnt of the Lord’s plan to destroy Sodom because of its wickedness.

We also know that the Lord showed mercy to Job’s household because of his constant prayers and the sacrifices he made for himself and his sons and daughters.

God is a merciful Father. He hears the cry of his servants. He says, when the righteous call on him he will answer them. I would like to encourage you not to lose hope on your loved ones. It could be your parents, siblings or even friends that you want God to change or transform their lives. You desire to see the mercies of God operating in their lives.

So just like Abraham did not stop to plead with God for the sake of his nephew Lot; he asked the Lord to spare the city if fifty righteous people were found. He went to forty five then forty, thirty down to twenty then ten and the Lord said that he would not destroy the city for the sake of ten. But the Lord did not find ten righteous people in the city of Sodom except for the sake of Abraham’s prayers Lot’s family was rescued.

Let’s keep standing in the gap for our loved ones.