Lot's choice

Genesis 13;1-18
From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the Lord.
Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt. So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company: Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.
The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west. 15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever. I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.  Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.”
Increasing flocks and herds precipitate the last break in family ties. Lot, generously given the choice by his uncle, selects the fertile pasture of the Jordan Valley.
Why?
Abram came to Bethel and built an altar to the Lord, where is the place of blessing from the Lord.
God said once more to Abram God's promise, means it is never changed.
Quarrel will be a problem in a small area even in a family so they decide to separate and Abram let his Lot chose first, and Lot chose the looked nice place in the whole plain of the Jordan.
Abram is more generously and trusts in the Lord's word.
去埃及一趟收穫更多，但是叔姪關係反而不好。羅得離開亞伯蘭，就離開了神的祝福。雖然得到財產，卻失去關係。財務常常讓人起紛爭，在教會也一樣。財富不一定是祝福，必須學會如何處豐富與處貧賤。不要相爭，不一定要分開。分開是減少紛爭最簡單的方式。
羅得挑選的地方繁華且罪大惡極，繁華的背後多有敗壞。這個地方像埃及地，憑他的經驗，往這個地方去最好。同樣我們往工作機會多的地方去，去容易賺錢的地方。問題是只顧自己的需要，不顧亞伯蘭的需要及神的心意。後來甚至於挪移到所多瑪。如果神賜福，我們不需要爭，相信神的應許必定實現。抓住應許，應許不會跑掉，而是要抓住自己的心。亞伯蘭沒有爭，卻兩次告訴亞伯蘭應許之約。他以感恩、敬拜來回應神。這是我們該行的回應。
How?
People see the situation now but God's blessing is not clear and will become true.