Jan. 25, 2009 - Which Way?
I read this footnote in Genesis 4 this morning. At first, I was thinking how sad it was that it only took one generation to see people doing things their own way, but isn't that what Eve did? She decided that taking GOD at HIS Word wasn't sufficient, and that HE was actually holding something back from them. I wonder what Cain's growing up was like. What made him come to GOD this way? Did he feel competition from Abel? Was Abel favored? "In bringing the offering he did, Cain denied that he was a sinful creature under the sentence of divine condemnation. He insisted on approaching God on the ground of personal worthiness. Instead of accepting God's way, he offered to God the fruits of the ground which God had cursed. He presented the product of his own toil, the work of his own hands, and God refused to receive it (Arthur W. Pink, Gleanings in Genesis)." How often do I try to come to GOD on my own terms instead of the way HE has prescribed? I will have to do some soul-searching and evaluation of that one. It's something I really need to think about. BTW, I haven't fallen off the deep end concerning The Love Dare. I'm actually at Chapter 20, I think. Getting ready for surgery has taken up more of my limited mind space! :o)
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