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Abram Saved his Nephew Lot

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[Genesis 14:20]

And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.
" Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

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Abram, the father of our faith, followed the words of God and left his hometown and his house. He did a great thing of heading to Canaan by the order of God. When heading to Canaan, Abram also brought his nephew Lot.

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God gave great blessings to Abram, who followed God's command. Abram became rich and had a lot of livestock. Also, God made Lot, who followed Abram, to become very rich as well.

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The land was too small for Abram and Lot to live together so their slaves often fought with each other. Without a choice, Lot left for Sodom and Gomorrah to find a larger land.

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The land that Abram lived was a place where anything suddenly could happen.
Abram especially chose 318 men among his slaves and trained them to be ready for robbers or attacks from other surrounding people.

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Then, one day, a slave of Lot hurriedly came to the house of Abram. "Abram, a terrible thing has happened. Sodom and Gomorrah where Lot lived have lost in a battle so a lot of possessions and many people were taken. Among them, all the families of master Lot were taken by them. I ran away secretly to tell this news."

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Abram was shocked to hear that his beloved nephew Lot had been taken captive. Abram hurriedly gathered all his trained slaves.
Abram brought his 318 soldiers and headed out to save Lot.

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Abram went until a place called Dan, where the people that took Lot were staying. Abram and his brave 318 soldiers made a surprise attack at night and defeated all of them.  All the enemy troops ran away and the army of Abram won the victory.

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Abram's nephew Lot and all of his possessions were regained.
"Uncle, thank you very much. I thank you so much that you came like this to save me." Lot thanked his uncle Abram for saving his family.

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The king of Sodom and the king of Salem, Melchizedek came out to greet Abram, who was coming back after winning the battle. Melchizedek, who brought bread and wine in his hands, was a priest of God Most High.

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Melchizedek, the king of Salem blessed Abram. "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. Abram praise God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand."

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In all the things he got from that battle, Abram offered a tenth of it to Melchizedek and said, "God gave me the victory to this battle. Please receive these gifts."

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The king of Sodom went on to say,
"Give me the people that were taken and keep the goods for yourself."

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"No, please take it all. Only leave what my men have eaten and share what belongs to the men who went with me. I swear to God, I will not take your goods. So you may not say that Abram has become rich by you." Abram returned all the people and goods back to the king of Sodom.

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Today, Abram risked his life and fought with the enemies to save his nephew Lot who had left his hometown with him. God saw the righteous heart of Abram and made him win in battle.

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Also, Abram offered to God, who had given him the victory, a tenth of what he had earned. This was the expression and confession of truthful faith that Abram had towards God Most High.

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Just like how Abram saved Lot, today, let us love and care for the family and friends that are in the faith. And I hope that you could give a sincere confession of thanks to our good LORD who always helps us.

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