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Leadership
Lessons
from
Lot’s Wife
Eturuvie Erebor
L
ot’s wife is famous
for being the first
and only woman in
the Bible to become
a pillar of salt. After
Lot separated from Abraham, he
dwelt in Sodom and Gomorrah.
This was a big mistake because
the men of Sodom were wicked,
and it wasn’t long before God
decided to destroy the city.
reached the new land where
they were to dwell, both girls
decided to sleep with their father
to procreate. This incestuous
relationship and the effect it
had on the generations to come
would have been avoided if Lot’s
wife had kept her back turned
on the past and marched on
confidently to the future.
Prior to the destruction of the
city, God sent angels to bring Lot
who she really was.
and his family out. The angels
could not destroy the city until
The Leadership Lessons from 3 Every time we look back, we
Lot, and his family departed.
move back. There is no such
Lot’s Wife are;
Unfortunately, Lot could not 1 Who the leader is on the inside
reality as stagnation. Whoever
leave the city with all his family is many times different from is not moving forward has
members. He had daughters
who the leader is on the outside. engaged the reverse gear and
who were married to men of Many people appear to have is moving backward. Every
Sodom, and their husbands did
it all together, but that is most time you turn to look at where
not believe that the land was times, not the case. Lot’s wife you are coming from, you are
about to be destroyed therefore
appeared to be a woman of God, rooted to the spot and are not
they did not leave.
making progress. When Lot’s
but inside she was connected to
wife looked backward, she was
Sodom.
Lot left with his wife and two
unable to move forward, and
unmarried daughters. As they 2 In a time of crisis, who we are on
everyone else moved on without
departed, they were given a
the inside is revealed. Whatever her.
clear instruction not to look
a person is on the inside, a crisis
back. Lot’s wife disobeyed this
will reveal. No one can pretend 4 You must understand that you
instruction and became a pillar through a crisis. Lot’s wife may cannot save what is lost but you
of salt. Her destruction caused have appeared to be the godly
can preserve what is left from
her family to enter chaos. When
destruction. Lot’s wife looked
wife, but a crisis soon revealed
Lot and his surviving daughters
back towards Sodom, possibly
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DOZ Magazine November 2017