My Choice or God's Choice?

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“Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan.... Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan... and pitched... toward Sodom” (Gen. 13:10-12).
What did Lot choose, when he got his choice? He chose Sodom, the very place that was about to be judged. Why did he select such a spot? Because he looked at the outward appearance, and not at its true character and future destiny. Sodom’s intrinsic character was wicked; its future destiny was judgment to be destroyed by fire and brimstone out of heaven.
Perhaps Lot knew nothing of all this (nor did Abraham). But God did. Had Lot allowed God to choose his inheritance for him, God would never have chosen a place He was about to destroy.
Lot, however, judged for himself. Sodom with its well-watered plains attracted and suited him. Such is nature’s choice! “Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world” (2 Tim. 4:10). Lot left the place of testimony and got into the place of judgment.
C. H. Mackintosh