Remember Lot's wife.

 Remember Lot's wife. Luke 17:32 (ESV)

 
"Over sand-bars and hidden rocks in the sea are sometimes placed buoy-bells, which are rung by the action of the waves. So God has set great danger-signals in the sea of time. Such is the story of Sodom and Lot's wife.

1. Remember her surroundings. Sin is often seemingly beautiful and attractive. Beware of the alluring power of evil associations.
2. Remember her danger. This world is a Sodom, and against it has been declared the       condemnation of God's law.
3. Remember her warning. Sacrifice everything. Look not back for companions or            possessions.  Delay not for a better opportunity, for greater conviction, etc. Linger not in  the plains of a professed morality.

      4.   Remember her delay. Procrastination is most perilous.
      5.   Remember her disobedience.
      6.   Remember her doom. Disobedience develops into the deadly fruit of death." (G. Elliott.)
 
Lot knew what was right, and was even troubled by wrong, yet placed himself and his family in a position to absorb all that is wrong. The absorption eventually proved devastating.
Being troubled by sin, as Lot was, is not a substitute for intentionally removing one from sin's influence. Wise people do both.