God takes action

Every day we're reading or listening to part of the Bible together and sharing thoughts with you. Today it’s Bern Leckie:

What did I like about today's reading?

Although Genesis has already established that God promised not to deal with sin by drowning the world, does that mean that God just lets us get on with it? I’m glad that he does not, at least according to the story of Sodom.

I think it’s important that we get what Sodom’s sin was, especially as we have an English word which could distract us from the point. The only sex threatened in this story was violent rape, but even that was not the main thing described by Ezekiel: “Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.” (Ezekiel 16:49)

What did it show me about Father God, Jesus or the Holy Spirit?

God takes the quality of our lives seriously. He is concerned about the root causes of the sin which causes problems for us. He also made it clear in this story that he would not want the innocent to suffer for other people’s sin. But he has the power to deal with the worst irredeemable situations.

Having said that, as we now know Jesus, this reminds me of how his followers once asked him if they should call fire down from heaven, and he rebuked them. He gives us power to deal with sin differently, as we can find and share forgiveness.

What am I going to do differently as a result?

How seriously do I take arrogance, being overfed and unconcerned in my own life? That’s probably something I’m not able to judge on my own! So while I love being forgiven thanks to Jesus, I need to consult with others to avoid some of the root causes of sin.

Who am I going to share this with?

Not sure at the moment. There are people I want to be praying with more regularly this year, so this will come up in conversation then.