Given first choice, it was only logical to select the area with the best prospects for prosperity. However, it did place Lot in a position of temptation. Prosperity is always tempting, and one of then greatest antagonists of faith. Where prosperity exists, man feels less and less need for God. Following the course of temptation, the move to Sodom traces his decline in six successive steps.
Disagreements are natural.
No two independent people can long live without differences of opinion, but these disputes need not degenerate into strife. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. Every materialistic act begins with a desire. Modern commercial enterprises spend millions of dollars for the very purpose of creating just such desire. Stores invest heavily in creating eye appeal.