Pathways.
- AfraOpoku
- September 26, 2026
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A defeated Christian.
It sounds oxymoronic.
Christian means follower of Christ, and the Christ we follow is no loser.
You’re going to heaven.
If you’ve placed faith in Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, it’s a done deal.1
That’s not my opinion. That’s Scripture.
Now you can breathe.
Now that your destination is set. Let’s talk about the journey.
God wants you to arrive in style.
He doesn’t want you showing up after being beaten up by everything and everyone on this planet.
You’re not doomed to make it by the skin of your teeth.
While you’re here, you’re a statement to the world of His goodness and He wants you living that out.2
More than a few of us struggle with that.
It’s easy to focus on our works and how we can please Him so much so that we forget to enjoy the journey.
That was Lot.
He was in the family of God but never stopped to consider what that meant.
It took faith to join Abraham on his mission from God, but a lot wasn’t required of Lot. Lot had children before Abraham. He was never in the position of waiting for that big miracle. He also had enough wealth to give him problems3and yet he looked nothing like the Lord he started up serving.
Granted, God is worshiped by a diverse group of people who tend to have problems, but if our constant look is depressed, covetous, angry, jealous or miserable, we end up giving God a bad name.
Lot wasn’t a christian for Christ had not yet been revealed, but Lot was a representative of the Lord and he didn’t particularly do that well.
His first big mistake was connecting himself to a people who were evil through and through; and as a natural consequence assimilation happened. Even after his uncle delivered him from the danger associated with his choice of habitation, he went back to Sodom as though nothing had happened. 5
Lot did have his moments, like when he recognised the angels God had sent to destroy Sodom.6
In a city where everyone saw the new men as sexual objects, he went out of his way to protect them from the teeming godless mob outside his door.
What he didn’t do was protect his daughters.7
He wouldn’t sacrifice himself for the men, but was fine with whatever they did to his daughters as long as he could play host. It wasn’t surprising that Lot held little to no influence with the people around him. The sodomites didn’t listen when he asked them to stand down8; his prospective sons-in -law didn’t listen when he warned them about the coming apocalypse9. His wife didn’t listen when she was admonished not to look back10 and his daughters knowing full well that he was prepared to sacrifice them to keep a good look; had no qualms taking advantage of him to get what they wanted.11
Lot’s righteousness was definitely of God because nothing in his actions could ever have justified him.
No one wanted to follow him then; no one wants to follow him now.
I know quite a few people named after Abraham.
I know no one named Lot.
After all, who wants to be linked to a man who involuntarily sired a nation that would remain at odds with the Lord for all of recorded history.12
Lot is a great example of an anti mentor. He may have made it to heaven, but he remains no one’s example.13
Compromise is on offer every corner we turn, and in today’s world, what’s considered christian behaviour is wildly variable.
There are seasons when no one looks their best.
Seasons when we’re hurt, tired and look nothing like the victors God made us to be.
Abraham had those seasons.
He doubted, he questioned and he was despondent 14 but he obeyed, and God was confident that Abraham would command his children after Him.15
That’s saying a lot for a man who waited his entire life to be able to have kids.
Scripture describes Lot’s soul as being vexed, and his legacy ended up being a group of people that would be perpetual enemies of Isreal.
Abraham on the other hand produced fruit that remains till today.
He never got overwhelmed by the systems of the world, or trapped by the covetousness of wealth16. Abraham bore fruit beyond his imagination for he put God first in all his endeavours.
You have one sojourn through this life. It’s easy live our lives anyhow, but the Lord wants a good legacy in our wake.
He wants us to represent him well while we’re here, even when things don’t go our way in our day to day.
In heaven we’ll want to look upon the life we lived on earth and smile.
God wants that for all of His children.
Don’t have your soul vexed and barely squeeze into the pearly gates.
He wants better than that for you.
Your bear His name.
Live that out.
1- Rom 10 v 9
2- Matt 5 v 16
3- Gen 13 v 5-7
4 Gen 14 v 16
5 Gen 19 v 1-2
6 Gen 19 v 8
7 Gen 19 v9
8 Gen 19 v 14
9 Gen 19 v 26
10 Gen 19 v 33-35
11 Gen 19 v 37
12 2 Pet 2 v 7-8
13 Gen 17 v 17
14 Gen 18 v 19
15 Gen 14 v 21-23