Genesis 19:1-3 NIV
[1] The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. [2] “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.” [3] But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate.
Whenever I think of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, I never put too much thought into Abram’s request being fulfilled. Abram begged the LORD to spare the city for 10 righteous men. Abram didn’t beg to save Lot. He begged for the city to be saved if for the sake of 10 righteous. The angels coming into the city weren’t going to stay with Lot, then came to test the city. Too find any righteous. This is why Lot had to convince them with much urgency to come stay with him because that was never the plan. If Lot had left them to fend for themselves, he and his daughters may not have been saved from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Lot saved his family by taking those two men into their homes. He did it out of the kindness and love in his heart, not knowing that were angels. Not knowing they were going to rescue him from destruction. Lot didn’t know that there was something in it for him.
Hebrews tells us that some of us have hosted angels unknowingly. In the days to come before the Man of Lawlessness takes his seat in the Temple of God and proclaims himself to be God, the love of many must first grow. Our love is what separates us from the world. The love of God is a pure, untainted love. It protects and covers those who run into it. That love fills us with a piercing Light that shines into the darkness.
If today we had the opportunity to give sanctuary to a complete stranger, would we take that chance? Many of us would just walk right by them. A lot of us believe in minding our own business. But the safety of our fellow man is our business.
Therefore, don’t let your hearts be hardened. Look out for your fellow man. Care for the less fortunate. And help those in need.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and Request Adamantly.