” Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,  I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”(Philippians 3:13-14 NKJV).

Don’t look back!!! Fire was falling, mercy was moving, and deliverance had already been given. God had taken Lot and his family by the hand and pulled them out of a place that was moments away from judgment. The command was simple, clear, and urgent: do not look back. Yet, in one moment, one glance, one longing for what God had already called her out of, everything was lost. Luke 17:32 reminds us that Jesus himself gave the warning in the gospels: remember Lot’s wife. Two words, not ‘remember Sodom’ or ‘remember Lot,’ but ‘remember Lot’s wife,’ because her body left Sodom, but her heart did not. She was delivered physically, but she was still attached spiritually, and many are in that same place today. God brought you out of addiction, out of relationships, out of bondage, out of the sin that was slowly destroying your soul. He broke chains you could not break yourself, silenced voices that tormented you, and set you free, putting your feet on solid ground. But now, the enemy whispers, ‘Just look back, just a small visit, just entertain it, just once.’ But what you look back to, you will eventually walk back into, and what you walk back into can destroy you.

Genesis 19:26 says, ‘But his wife looked back from behind, and she became a pillar of salt, a monument, a witness, a warning to every generation that would come after her.’ God’s grace delivered her, but her longing betrayed her. Here’s the truth clearly: grace is not permission to return to what God saved you from; grace is the power to walk away and never go back. Many today want a watered-down message that makes room for the flesh, a message that says holiness is optional, a message that says you can live however you want and still walk in the fullness of God. But God’s word has not changed.

1 Peter 1:5-16 says, ‘Be ye holy, for I am holy.’ Holiness is not punishment; holiness is protection. It keeps you free, keeps your vision clear, and keeps your heart from hardening. The same God who calls you to holiness gives you his Spirit to help you walk in it. You were never meant to overcome the flesh alone.

Galatians 5:16 says, ‘Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.’ Notice it didn’t say you might not; it says you shall not, because the Spirit gives you power the flesh never had. The enemy wants you to believe you’re missing something, but the truth is, you were dying there. God didn’t bring you out to watch you go back; he brought you out to bring you into life, freedom, purity, and purpose. Sodom was behind her, safety was ahead of her, but she chose to look back. Jesus said, ‘Remember her,’ because in these last days, many who have been delivered will be tempted to return to old chains, old identities, old sin. But here’s the truth: you are not who you were, you are not where you were, and there is nothing behind you worth losing your soul over. The fire is falling, mercy is still leading, but don’t look back.

Jude 1:24-25 NKJV
[24] Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, [25] To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.