Lot’s Wife - Biblical Men & Women

Lot's wife is a biblical figure from Genesis 19, known for being turned into a pillar of salt after disobeying God's command not to look back at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, serving as a cautionary tale against attachment to worldly life and disobedience, and notably remembered by Jesus in the New Testament as a warning. She remains unnamed in the Bible but symbolizes the danger of lingering on the past and rejecting divine guidance, with interpretations suggesting she longed for her home, possessions, or status in the sinful

We can get stuck in our emotions, our thoughts, our attitudes, our opinions, our possessions, our plans, our desires, our habits, our comfort, our pain, our wounds, our relationships, our past, our present, or even our future hopes.

There are a myriad of ways and places we can get stuck, and it’s not always easy to move on when God beckons us forward, especially when things are safe, comfortable, and just the way we like it. Equally, it is often difficult to move on when we have experienced deep trauma, pain, or suffering, and feel utterly hopeless and helpless. Moving on is something we know we should do, what we often want to do, and at times what we actually refuse to do, but it remains something God eagerly wants for us. Wherever you may be on this continuum, it is my prayer that you will be able to identify places where you are prone to be stuck, or maybe are stuck, and that you will be infused with the strength of the Holy Spirit to take the next step to getting unstuck—and it all starts with remembering Lot’s wife.