Lot Escaped, But Did He Ever Build?

When Survival Isn’t Obedience: A Prophetic Word for Builders Who’ve Settled for Less

I’ve been sitting with Genesis 19 and one verse stopped me in my tracks:

 “I cannot escape to the mountains... let me flee to this small place, it’s just a little one.” (Genesis 19:20)

Lot had just been rescued from judgment. Angels had pulled him out of destruction. But when invited to the mountain, the place of higher calling, protection, and presence, he negotiated downward.

“I can’t ascend. Just let me survive. Let me stay somewhere small.”

It hit me: Lot didn’t look back like his wife… but he never looked up either. And how many of us today are doing the same?

We don’t return to sin. We’ve left the old season. But we’ve settled in places God never told us to build.

Today’s Zoars Look Like This:

• “Let me stay in this job I hate, at least I’m not disobeying.”

• “Let me stay behind the brand, I don’t need to be seen.”

• “Let me keep my gift small, so I don’t attract warfare.”

• “Let me launch quietly, without risking visibility or demand.”

We call it stewardship, We call it wisdom. But deep down… we know it’s fear in disguise.

 Favour in Zoar is not the same as fulfilment on the mountain. God permitted Lot’s request. But what followed was cave living, confusion, and compromise. He escaped, but he never ascended.

This is Your Invitation to the Mountain

If you’ve been sensing that there’s more, if you know it’s time to stop hiding, to stop shrinking, and to build what’s been burning in your spirit finally… Then this is your moment.

The Builder’s LaunchPad was created for women like you, visionaries, pioneers, and hidden ones, ready to emerge. It’s a 12-week prophetic and strategic intensive designed to help you:

• Clarify what you’re called to build

• Exit the old systems (Babylon, Zoar, fear-based cycles)

• Embrace bold, Spirit-led visibility

• Create foundations that will multiply, not just maintain

Final Thought:

 You may have escaped destruction, but have you entered destiny?

 This is not the time to negotiate down your assignment, This is the time to ascend.

 Let’s build...not in fear, but in faith.

With boldness and vision, 

Bukola Olumofin

Founder, Transformative Co.Still ascending. Still building.