Fast Day 21 Beware of the Crouching at the Door
Beware of the Crouching at the Door
Gen 4:6-7
I recently heard a speaker talk about the story of Cain and Abel. I’d read this story plenty of times but never stopped to see the personal responsibility that the scripture was trying to tell us. In Genesis 4 after Cain and Abel had brought their offering to God, the Bible says that God “looked with favor on Abel and his offering” but did not do the same for Cain. That made Cain very angry. In verse 6, God essentially asked Cain why he was so angry and then he said “If you you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you don’t do what is right, sin is waiting at the door and it desires to have you”. What an interesting response, I was expecting the second part of that statement to be something like “But If you do what is right you will be accepted”. However, God told Cain that if he doesn’t do what is right “sin is waiting at the door”.
There’s only one option outside of what the Lord wants from us and that is sin that leads to death. When the Lord speaks to us, we have to run to what He has commanded us to do. The consequences are not just a little separation from God, it is the birth of sin in us that is wanting to engulf our lives. We are always bound to be slaves to something, to be consumed by something, whether we like it or not. That thing will either be righteousness or evil. Disobedience is something that we might consider “a small matter” that leaves a foothold for the evil that is waiting. May we always be directed back to the Lord and obey the direction He’s given to us through the power of the Holy Spirit. May we always be directed to give Him our best.
Gen 4:6-7
I recently heard a speaker talk about the story of Cain and Abel. I’d read this story plenty of times but never stopped to see the personal responsibility that the scripture was trying to tell us. In Genesis 4 after Cain and Abel had brought their offering to God, the Bible says that God “looked with favor on Abel and his offering” but did not do the same for Cain. That made Cain very angry. In verse 6, God essentially asked Cain why he was so angry and then he said “If you you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you don’t do what is right, sin is waiting at the door and it desires to have you”. What an interesting response, I was expecting the second part of that statement to be something like “But If you do what is right you will be accepted”. However, God told Cain that if he doesn’t do what is right “sin is waiting at the door”.
There’s only one option outside of what the Lord wants from us and that is sin that leads to death. When the Lord speaks to us, we have to run to what He has commanded us to do. The consequences are not just a little separation from God, it is the birth of sin in us that is wanting to engulf our lives. We are always bound to be slaves to something, to be consumed by something, whether we like it or not. That thing will either be righteousness or evil. Disobedience is something that we might consider “a small matter” that leaves a foothold for the evil that is waiting. May we always be directed back to the Lord and obey the direction He’s given to us through the power of the Holy Spirit. May we always be directed to give Him our best.
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