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I have read the story of Cain and Able many times in my life. I’ve heard the sermons on it. I knew this scripture. I JUST READ THIS PASSAGE A FEW MONTHS AGO. I almost skipped right over it this morning.
But family I didn’t KNOW this scripture. I am absolutely wrecked by what I have come to understand this morning.
Cain wasn’t just banished, he wasn’t just cursed to not receive crops from the ground anymore.
Cain was BANISHED FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
“You are banning me today from the land and from your presence.”
“Kayin said to ADONAI, “My punishment is greater than I can bear. You are banning me today from the land and from your presence. I will be a fugitive wandering the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.””
B'resheet (Gen) 4:13-14 CJB
How many times have I felt the presence of the Lord, felt the peace that comes from the Holy Spirit. How many times have I clung to Him in my most desperate times.
Cain became overcome by jealousy and rage and made a terrible decision. He killed his brother. He lived with that guilt and shame for the rest of his life. But he did so without the presence of the Lord.
Man. I’m wrecked family. Today, on a deeper level then before I am so thankful for the work Yeshua did on the cross. For dying for our sins. So, unlike Cain, we can receive forgiveness and not be banished from the presence of the Lord.
I’m sitting here this morning remembering that I’ve made so many mistakes in my life, I’ve emotionally hurt people. I’ve heard the voice of the Lord and WILLING chose not to follow his word. But man, Yah has never banished me from his presence.
Wrecked. Family. I am absolutely wrecked by this.
As I sit here with this, my new little one awakens and I’m again wrecked on a whole new level. My husband and I had talked about names for this little guy. One name was Kain. Like Cain but with a K. I told him, I can’t give that name to our second born son. To be named after the one who killed his older sibling out of spite and jealousy. And man, when I think about Cain and all the things he must have endured without the presence of the Lord, I think about Eve.
Where are my mothers and fathers at? I look into this sweet face of my beautiful baby and I’m wrecked.
