We read that Lot journeyed eastward over the fertile plain of Jordan, and: "pitched his tent toward Sodom." (Genesis 13:12)
Lot was not a wicked man, but he was attracted by the sight of worldly riches. He did not by this confess, as did Abraham, that he was a stranger and a pilgrim on the earth, looking for a better country, that is, a heavenly.
And there are many today who are taking the same course. Is your time and strength being spent to gain the wealth of earth? Is that the object of your best endeavors?
Beware; your tent is pitched toward Sodom, and do not flatter yourself that the history of that bad choice will not be repeated if you persist. For the world, with all that is of it, is reserved by the word of God unto a fate precisely such as that which overtook Sodom and Gomorrah.
The only wise choice now, as then, is to "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness," (Matthew 6:33) trusting Him to add unto you all such temporal things as your best good requires.--Present Truth, December 27, 1894--Genesis 13:12.