Looking back [Genesis 19 v 26]

Today let us consider ,/Looking back/, firstly, the looking back that is dangerous, the greatest example of this ,was Lots wife,we do not know her name,other that she was Lots wife.She lived with her husband and family in
a place called Sodom,now that was a very wicked place,so wicked that God decided to destroy it. God is a God of mercy,we are told that He delights in mercy,but if men and women reject that mercy,and continue to live in sin He will judge. Sodom and its sister city Gomorrah were such a people, and were ripe for the judgement.
    The godly Abraham,had pleaded with God ,the words he used in Genesis
18v23,very significant,Shall not the judge of all the earth do right,and God
did just that,yes He judged the wicked,but He rescued Lot and his  two daughters.He will have mercy on whom He will have mercy.
     Before God judged  these cities,Lot ,his wife,and daughters were told,
escape for thy life,look not behind thee[Genesis19v17]. Unfortunately she did not take those words serious ,in 19 v27,she looked back and immediately,she turned into a pillar of salt.We cannot tell why she did this,
But we do know the consequences,whither it was curiosity,or nostalgia.The sad thing is she paid a terrible price.We must learn the lesson of taking God serious,and obeying Him,for if we don't we may have to pay a terrible price.
                                             A  prayer.
Dear God help us to take serious what You say,by our obedience,in Jesus name Amen.