Scripture:
Genesis 4:13-16
Cain said to
the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can bear.14 Today
you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your
presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever
finds me will kill me.”
15 But the Lord said to him, “Not so;
anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then
the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill
him. 16 So Cain went out from the Lord’s
presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Cain committed sin and was exiled from God's
Presence. Have you felt as though you had been separated from God, as if His
Spirit was no longer in communion with your spirit because of some sin you had
committed? What restored your relationship with God?
It nowhere says that Cain repented, only that he
feared his punishment. Sin separates us from God. If we continue in our sin,
God will not be present in our lives. God hates sin and refuses to be around
it. He will continue to reach out to us from time to time but will not be an
abiding Presence with us unless we repent.
Eventually, if we continue in our sin until death,
we will be exiled from God's Presence, just as Cain was. With God is comfort,
joy, peace, love. Without Him is emptiness and despair. Let us not trade our
fleeting sin for the continual joyful experience of having God's Presence with
us in life, and in death.
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