Lot and his family lived with Abraham in the land of Canaan. One day Abraham said to Lot, ‘There is not enough land here for all our animals. Let us separate, please. If you go one way, I will go the other.’
Lot looked at the land. He saw a very good part of the country that had water and plenty of good grass for his animals. It was the Jordan District. So Lot moved his family and animals there. They eventually made their home in the city of Sodom.
The people of Sodom were very evil. This upset Lot, because he was good. God was also upset. Finally, God sent two angels to warn Lot that He was going to destroy Sodom and the nearby city of Gomorrah because they were evil.
The angels said to Lot, ‘Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters and get out of here!’ Lot and his family were delayed, so the angels took them by the hand and led them out of the city. Then one of the angels said, ‘Run for your lives! Don’t look back. Run to the mountains so you don’t die.’
Lot and his daughters obeyed and fled from Sodom. They did not stop for a moment, and they did not look back. But Lot’s wife disobeyed. When they had gone some distance from Sodom, she stopped and looked back. Then Lot’s wife turned into a pillar of salt. Can you see her in the picture?
From this we can learn a good lesson: that God saves those who obey Him, but those who do not show obedience lose their lives.