BBD 06.22.17 Get Out! (Classic)

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Classic from 2010

Burning Bush Devotional

22 June 2017

Get
Out!

“For we
will destroy this place….” So Lot…spoke to his sons-in-law…and said, “Get up,
get out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city!” But to his
sons-in-law he seemed to be joking. …the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, “Arise,
take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the
punishment of the city.” - Genesis 19:13-15 NKJV.

“Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our
father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, and said
to him, ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land
that I will show you.’” - Acts 7:2-3 NKJV.

Paige Dean, an 11-year-old girl, was with her grandfather and her 7-year-old
brother, when she had a very close call with disaster. They were at Benllech,
on the Isle of Anglesey, in the UK. The grandfather had parked their car on a
slope with the parking brake set, because not too far in front of the vehicle
was a cliff with the water 250 feet below. The grandfather and the boy went off
to explore while Paige stayed in the car listening to her music. Somehow, Paige
knocked the parking brake off, and the car began to roll forward. She tried to
steer the car, missing a tent, but hitting some empty ones. Paige says, “I was
rolling towards the edge of the cliff, and I was petrified. I thought: ‘I've
got to get out.’ In the end I decided to jump out and let the car go. I saw the
car fall off the cliff. I definitely would have died.”

Sometimes you just have to get out of some situations before it is too late!
Lot and his family faced one of those situations in Sodom. The angels had
spoken directly to Lot warning him to take his family and leave because God was
going to destroy Sodom very soon. Lot tried to warn his daughters saying, “Get up,
get out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city!” His
sons-in-laws apparently just laughed at him. So, Lot took his wife, his two
daughters still at home and fled the wicked place.

There are situations somewhat similar to Lot's that some are in today. God's
immediate judgment may not be falling upon you, but for your own physical and
spiritual well-being, you need to just get out. Here are some for example: if
you are actively engaged in illegal or immoral activities such as: trafficking
in drugs, using illegal drugs, involved in producing por_nogr_phy in any way,
prostitution, stripping, the sex slave trade or other types of human
trafficking, car theft, car-jackings, bank robberies, piracy and there are many
other things that would fit into this category. If you are involved any of
these kinds of activities the time to get out is now! You are testing the
patience of God with every minute you continue in that activity. Get out now,
flee now, there will be no better time to do it, to get out, then right
now!

There are other kinds of situations that may not appear to be quite so
desperate, but also require immediate action, if we want to be in the center of
God's will with our lives. Abraham faced one of those situations when God
appeared to him in Mesopotamia and told him, “Get out of
your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.” Abraham
was living in a civilized place with many of the comforts of civilization. God,
in effect was telling him to go and live in the lawless wilderness in a tent.
This was not something that most people would be anxious to do, and yet that is
what Abraham did.

Most missionaries and pastors know what it is like to leave a comfortable life
and launch out into the unknown. However, it is not just for those that were
larger than life characters in the Bible, or missionaries, and pastors. God may
be calling you to go from one career to another, or to leave one place, and
move to another.

Is God saying to you “Get out?” Then you need to do it. There may
be a cliff up ahead that you cannot see, but He can. Get out while you can.

Copyright © 2010 - 2017. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those
first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to
prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

www.theburningbush.net

www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
19 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

Books now available at the Burning Bush website:

New Pastor's
Training Manual

Biblical Help for
Overcoming Substance Abuse

Biblical Help
for Overcoming Sexual Addictions In Times of
Trouble - Devotionals to Encourage and Strengthen You (Also available for
download on Amazon.)

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the
Devotionals at the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of
the home page. Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please continue to pray for
healing for Pastor Shane Hall, Michelle Abetz, Wesley Lewis, Brad, Damon D.
& wife, Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Lexi McCalip, Gary Kirk, and Jeanie.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

If you enjoy the devotional
please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank
email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

You can help support this
ministry by using this link: www.paypal.me/EdWrather

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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Classic from 2010

Burning Bush Devotional

22 June 2017

Get
Out!

“For we
will destroy this place….” So Lot…spoke to his sons-in-law…and said, “Get up,
get out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city!” But to his
sons-in-law he seemed to be joking. …the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, “Arise,
take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the
punishment of the city.” - Genesis 19:13-15 NKJV.

“Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our
father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, and said
to him, ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land
that I will show you.’” - Acts 7:2-3 NKJV.

Paige Dean, an 11-year-old girl, was with her grandfather and her 7-year-old
brother, when she had a very close call with disaster. They were at Benllech,
on the Isle of Anglesey, in the UK. The grandfather had parked their car on a
slope with the parking brake set, because not too far in front of the vehicle
was a cliff with the water 250 feet below. The grandfather and the boy went off
to explore while Paige stayed in the car listening to her music. Somehow, Paige
knocked the parking brake off, and the car began to roll forward. She tried to
steer the car, missing a tent, but hitting some empty ones. Paige says, “I was
rolling towards the edge of the cliff, and I was petrified. I thought: ‘I've
got to get out.’ In the end I decided to jump out and let the car go. I saw the
car fall off the cliff. I definitely would have died.”

Sometimes you just have to get out of some situations before it is too late!
Lot and his family faced one of those situations in Sodom. The angels had
spoken directly to Lot warning him to take his family and leave because God was
going to destroy Sodom very soon. Lot tried to warn his daughters saying, “Get up,
get out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city!” His
sons-in-laws apparently just laughed at him. So, Lot took his wife, his two
daughters still at home and fled the wicked place.

There are situations somewhat similar to Lot's that some are in today. God's
immediate judgment may not be falling upon you, but for your own physical and
spiritual well-being, you need to just get out. Here are some for example: if
you are actively engaged in illegal or immoral activities such as: trafficking
in drugs, using illegal drugs, involved in producing por_nogr_phy in any way,
prostitution, stripping, the sex slave trade or other types of human
trafficking, car theft, car-jackings, bank robberies, piracy and there are many
other things that would fit into this category. If you are involved any of
these kinds of activities the time to get out is now! You are testing the
patience of God with every minute you continue in that activity. Get out now,
flee now, there will be no better time to do it, to get out, then right
now!

There are other kinds of situations that may not appear to be quite so
desperate, but also require immediate action, if we want to be in the center of
God's will with our lives. Abraham faced one of those situations when God
appeared to him in Mesopotamia and told him, “Get out of
your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.” Abraham
was living in a civilized place with many of the comforts of civilization. God,
in effect was telling him to go and live in the lawless wilderness in a tent.
This was not something that most people would be anxious to do, and yet that is
what Abraham did.

Most missionaries and pastors know what it is like to leave a comfortable life
and launch out into the unknown. However, it is not just for those that were
larger than life characters in the Bible, or missionaries, and pastors. God may
be calling you to go from one career to another, or to leave one place, and
move to another.

Is God saying to you “Get out?” Then you need to do it. There may
be a cliff up ahead that you cannot see, but He can. Get out while you can.

Copyright © 2010 - 2017. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those
first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to
prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
19 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

Books now available at the Burning Bush website:

New Pastor's
Training Manual

Biblical Help for
Overcoming Substance Abuse

Biblical Help
for Overcoming Sexual Addictions In Times of
Trouble - Devotionals to Encourage and Strengthen You (Also available for
download on Amazon.)

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the
Devotionals at the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of
the home page. Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please continue to pray for
healing for Pastor Shane Hall, Michelle Abetz, Wesley Lewis, Brad, Damon D.
& wife, Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Lexi McCalip, Gary Kirk, and Jeanie.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

If you enjoy the devotional
please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank
email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

You can help support this
ministry by using this link: http://www.paypal.me/EdWrather

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email.

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constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
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