Devotional

TWO IMPORTANT GATES

March 02, 2015 · Lanre Oyeleke · 148 views

2Pet2:8 Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day. NLT

In the book of Genesis, it was written that Lot slept with his daughters when he got drunk. Although, his daughters got him drunk and seduced him till he had sex with them. They got pregnant and gave birth. It is a taboo for such to happen anywhere in the world but it happened to Lot- the righteous man. He was a righteous man because the scripture above confirmed it to be so but why did he mess-up?

When you read the opening scripture, we were told that Lot's soul became corrupt with what he saw( uncontrolled sighting) and what he heard(uncontrolled hearing). He must have seen immorality being practiced amongst the Sodomites and he must have heard some dirty things. The opportunity came for him when he got drunk and he let-out the immorality that he has conceived in his mind.

One may say that he committed incest because he was drunk but I believe that drunk people do what has been inside lying potentially only needing a push or courage. Alcohol gives such demonic courage that's what the English people call dutch courage. It is an alcohol induced courage.

The two most important gates in your life are the eye and ear gates. You must watch what passes through them. If you don't, you may become a casualty what belongs to you that you didn't control.

Action point

Father, I receive grace to mount guard over my eyes and ears In Jesus Name.

Previous Next
Keep reading

Related devotionals

Oct 20, 2026

PARENTEEN Pt.7

Parenting a teenager will humble you. It will show you quickly that good intentions, good schools, and even good sermons...

Oct 19, 2026

PARENTEEN Pt.6

Some time ago, a young secondary school girl recorded herself having sex with her boyfriend in a very wild style. The vi...

Oct 18, 2026

PARENTEEN pt.5

 As a teenager, I drank alcohol because of peer pressure. It made us feel like "big boys." Back then, it was unimaginabl...

Search

Find another devotional

Archive calendar

Post Calendar

March 2015

Browse May 2013 to Nov 2026

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1
8 1 9 1 10 1 11 1 12 1 13 1 14 1
15 1 16 1 17 1 18 1 19 1 20 1 21 1
22 1 23 1 24 1 25 1 26 1 27 1 28 1
29 1 30 1 31 1 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Highlighted days show how many devotionals were published. Tap a day to open the post or that day’s archive.