What do our lives count for or matter if we lose the spiritual destiny of our own children? The second part of Genesis 19 (verses 30-38) continue what is meant to be a serious warning to each of us — particularly as we consider the life and legacy we leave to our children or others for whom we have spiritual influence. Compromise does not just affect our own spiritual life — it can reverberate far and wide through others. May the Lord give us a heart for holiness in our children — and lives that lead them to it.

Since we have a God who offers to be “God with us and God for us, we have incredible access and privilege in walking with him and learning His heart for the world and the nations around us. Really, that’s what prayer is: Learning through conversations with God to have our hearts aligned with his, and that is where this text leads us today.