Seized by the hand

Today I was having my quiet time in the Sophia Library on Genesis 19, which is the "Doom of Sodom". I have heard the story various times. It's about the 2 angelic men who come and visit Lot in Sodom. They then are almost attacked by a mob of lustful men (yes you thought right), and then Lot and his family must flee Sodom before it's obliterated by God for it actions. As they escape Sodom they were told not to even look back on it, but Lot's wife couldn't help herself, and she becomes a pillar of salt. There is quite a bit more to the verse but that is just a very bare bones summary. But the one thing I really never noticed was in verse 15 & 16 of the verse.

15 "When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Up, take your wife and your daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city." 16 But he hesitated, So the men seized his hand and the hands of his wife and the hands of his two daughters, for the compassion of the Lord was upon him; and they brought him outside the city"

Notice the language, of how the two men "seized" the hand of Lot when he hesitated, and it says that they did so for "the compassion" of the Lord. I have noticed in my life that often times God allows me to pretty much do my own thing. Often times He allows me to just wonder around like a chicken with my head cut off and waits patiently on me. But... I also have felt times when God "seizes" me. I feel that sometimes God gives us a wake up call and shakes us up a bit in an attempt to get our focus back on Him and escape from Sodom. But, ultimately it is our choice to leave Sodom. Like I said earlier, Lot's wife couldn't quite let go of Sodom, and in the end she was killed. Not only that she, was totally metamorphosed into a pillar of salt. Sin in our lives has the power to metamorphose us into something totally different. To utterly destroy our lives. It is up to us to when God seizes our hands, to turn and RUN, not walk, but RUN from Sodom. For it is through Christ we can be delivered from Sodom and through HIS power, not our own, we can be delivered from Sodom.