Deal with your short comings
Even so, the Lord had mercy on Cain. He gave him a mark that would serve to protect him. Throughout the history of God\’s dealings with mankind, He has been quick to show unmerited grace and mercy to us. His grace and mercy is even enough for Him to negate the law of sowing and reaping. Throughout the Scriptures, we have many examples of the Lord causing crop failures from the evil seeds men have sown. However, we also have examples of swift judgment for those who have hardened their hearts and presumed upon His grace and mercy.
The worst result of Cain\’s sin of murdering his brother was that he “went out from the presence of the Lord.” When fighting occurs between brethren in churches, or between churches, this is often the ultimate result. Many will end up actually departing from the Lord. That is why from the very beginning, one of the enemy\’s primary strategies has been to get brothers to fight with each other. He is called “the accuser of our brethren” (see Rev 12:10), because one of his most effective weapons against us is to get us accusing one another.
Cain somehow thought that Abel was the reason for his rejection. The rejection of Cain\’s offering had nothing to do with Abel\’s offering. The answer to Cain\’s problem had nothing to do with Abel, but with himself. However, from the beginning, blaming someone else for our own problems has been one of the primary deceptions that has kept men from the grace of God. It has also led to the most destructive wars in history, and it has led to the most destructive wars between churches in history.
First, the enemy will try to get us to be jealous of others. Then he will get us to accuse them of being the reason for our own problems. That is why nations that are having serious difficulties become so dangerous. It often seems much easier to blame someone else and attack them instead of dealing with our own problems. People will tend to rally around us if we can portray a common enemy that is causing our problems. Churches and people can become dangerous when they start having serious problems. If you see them starting to attack and blame others, it is time to depart. We must not continue to get caught in this trap of the enemy, which is the seemingly cheap escape from dealing with our own shortcomings. It will lead us to needlessly wounding others. Even worse than that, it will also lead us to “departing from the presence of the Lord.”
- Thank YHVH that He has been watching over the nation of Israel throughout history. Every promise He gave to them, He faithfully kept it and has fulfilled many especially concerning Israel throughout her recorded history in the diaspora and as a nation.
- Pray that as Israel enters her 67th year many will come to a real spiritual independence from blindness to the Messiah.
- Pray that during this season when many of the people practicing Judaism count the omer there will be a visitation of the Holy Spirit among people of Jewish descent not only in Israel but in the Diasporas.
- Pray that the Holy Spirit will continue to strengthen the Messianic believers among them.