14th January 2020

Checking into God's Presence... What sort of offering do you have for God today? Offering gripped with fear, doubt, deceit or such that declares the faithfulness of God? In Genesis 4:4, Abel considered God worthy of honour, this could have come out of pure love to God and His Commandments. Cain on the other hand may have viewed his offerings as something that just has to be done. An action geared and seen towards satisfying the crowd but has nothing to do with the state of the hearts in relation to God's principle. Whereas, Abel's offering of "firstlings" can be attributed to the genuine understanding he had that the produce of his flock was indeed a gift from God. Do we then agree that anything we have automatically belongs to God? Can I ask if we genuinely act or see things this way? As Christians, we can find ourselves in the Camp of Cain and or Ananias and Sapphire as described in Acts of Apostle 5:1-11. We can always find ourselves sharing in the experience of struggling to let go on things that the Lord had put in our possession. We beseech Thee oh Lord to grant us the spirit to pursue only what is right before Thee. Cast and bind on our behalf anything that can make us cry and threaten our peace. With Your power oh Lord; You will not allow nothing to deflate our faith and steal our joy like Cain in Jesus Name. Amen Just Checking into His Presence...