Where are you sitting?

Are you sitting at the entrance of the tent or at the gateway of the city??

"The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day." Genesis 18:1

"The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city." Genesis 19:1

While i was reading Genesis 18, I was thinking why Lord came to meet Abraham again in Genesis 18 after God appeared to him in detail in Genesis 17.

Then God made me to read Genesis 18: 20, 21 "And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know"

Then i got the answer: (God wanted to go to Sodom and Gomorrah via Abraham's tent.)

Actually God wanted to know the situation of Sodom and Gomorrah, so he decided to sent two angels for that project. God told them to go via great trees of Mamre. And God Himself decided to go with the two angels to Abraham because he loved Abraham that much and he didn't wanted to hide anything from him. ("And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do" Genesis 18: 17) And also the Lord wanted to confirm again with Abraham about the promise that He had given, especially with Sarah.

(The men turned away and went towards Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD. Genesis 18: 22)From there God sent the two angels to Sodom and He was with Abraham. From their talk we can know how close God and Abraham was. (Please read Genesis 18: 22 - 33) And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place (Genesis 18:33)

And again we can see that the two angels reached Sodom. ("The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city"Genesis 19:1) Like Abraham Lot also gave respect and invited the hosts to his house but they rejected the invitation, because Lot insisted so strongly they decided to go to his house.("And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house"Genesis 19:3). (I think that, by this time Lord has told the angels to save Lot and his family, knowing the mind of Abraham, so only the angels went with Lot)

What a merciful and loving God my God is. He could have destroyed the city directly without sparing anyone, but he sent His angels to check first and He himself came to Abraham to know his mind about His decision.

We can check ourselves, where we are sitting? At the entrance of the tent or at the gateway of the city?? Are you like Abraham, sitting at the entrance of the house meditating and delighting on the promises and words of God; or like Lot, sitting at the gateway of the city, which God is going to destroy, and watching all the wicked activities of the city.

Are you like Abraham, then God likes to come to your house with his angels and likes to stay with you and discuss with you His plans.

Are you like Lot, then only angels will be coming to your house that too because you have insisted so much.

Let God help all of us to become like Abraham... Amen..