THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE BLESSING OF THE LORD !

THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE BLESSING OF THE LORD ! Those verses confirm that THE BLESSING on Abraham turned land where he was living into "The Garden Of the Lord." If Lot has been smart, he would have given Abraham that garden spot and taken the less fruitful land for himself. He should have figured out by then that by blessing Abraham, he would be blessed. After all, it was THE BLESSING on his uncle that had made them all rich. Everyone got along well, they stayed healthy and things worked great as long as uncle Abraham was around. But somehow, Lot did catch on to that, so he took the best land for himself, left Abraham, and moved to the city of Sodom. And today, we have that same type of attitude in the body of Christ. Things didn't go well for Lot after that. In fact, the next thing the Bible tells us about Lot is that he and his household were in very big trouble. WHO TAUGHT THESE GUYS HOW TO FIGHT ? A group of four kings banded their forces together and attacked the region where Lot and his family lived. The leader of the group--- a man named Chedorlaomer--- was an extremely bad character. And international bully, he forced other nations to either serve him or pay the consequences. Windsong cities he'd strong-armed rebelled against him, he got mad. Together with three other kings, he put forth an army and went storming through the countryside killing people. His forces were so fierce, they defied everyone in their path: "the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim... The Horites in their mount Seir... All the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar" (Genesis 14:5-7). In other words, Chedorlaomer's army was a serious military force. When he attacked the region of Sodom, the five kings who governed that area rose up to defend themselves..... And they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; with Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal King of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five. And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the king of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and with their way. And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed (versus 8-12). Taking Lot captive turned out to be the worst decision King Ched and his band of bad Kings could have made because when Abraham heard about it, he went after them. He armed the 318 trained servants who had been born in his house, attacked Ched's forces by night and defeated them so completely that the Bible called it a "slaughter." (Abraham's 318 fighting men represented just a portion of his servants. Can you imagine how many he had although ? There were a lot of servants in his household--- and THE BLESSING was providing for them all !) When the battle was over, Abraham's household army had not only whipped before king, military machine that had conquered everyone in that part of the world; they had stripped them of all their spoils. "And he brought back all the good, and also brought against his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people" (verse 16). Talk about an upset ! How on earth were Abraham and his servants able to pull off such an overwhelming victory ? Where did they get the Walmart technology to do that ? From THE BLESSING.