Respect the Lord and put aside fear

Genesis 19:30-33 (NLT)
30 Afterward Lot left Zoar because he was afraid of the people there, and he went to live in a cave in the mountains with his two daughters. 31 One day the older daughter said to her sister, “There are no men left anywhere in this entire area, so we can’t get married like everyone else. And our father will soon be too old to have children. 32 Come, let’s get him drunk with wine, and then we will have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.” 33 So that night they got him drunk with wine, and the older daughter went in and had intercourse with her father. He was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.


Lot and his daughters were hiding out in the mountains after the Lord saved them from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Fearing there were no people left Lot’s daughters plotted to become pregnant by their father. They got Lot drunk to the point where he was not thinking rationally or clearly. Then while he was unaware they laid with him.

This story about Lot and his daughters shows the dysfunctions within a family. Lot had been willing to give his virgin daughters to the men of Sodom and Gomorrah to protect the men (angels) who had come to protect him. This is not the reasonable action of a father. Then we see the danger of alcohol as it is introduced by his daughters as a means to put aside their fears. His daughters plotted to become pregnant by their father out of fear they would have no children; so they used alcohol to seduce their father. Here we clearly see the danger of alcohol as Lot acts inappropriately and isn’t even aware of what he has done. This story is a reminder to look at our families and ensure we are teaching God’s lessons to them. We need to teach them to act out of respect to God and not out of fear.