Abel – Martine Brice

An untamed heart can cause great damage. God knowing this has said MY SON, GIVE ME YOUR HEART AND LET THINE EYES OBSERVE MY WAYS, (Proverbs 23:26). God knows that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth will speak and actions will be taken so before it got out of hand He asked to reign over the inferior organ that could lead to damnation. He knows also that that same organ once tamed can become a superior strength to its owner. We learned of what happened to an untamed heart on the land where God had led Adam and Eve. Cain’s offering was not sincere but Abel’s was more acceptable. Anytime you’re doing a task, if it can’t be done right it’s best to not begin, really; especially if this task is to be an offering to Almighty God! Don’t be sloppy in what you offer God because you never know just how far the results might lead. Envy grew to hatred turned Cain’s heart to commit murder. Although God knew what happened still He gave Cain a chance to come clean in asking him “where’s your brother?” In his insolence, he boasted after committing such a crime and served God with a question rather than an answer. (Have you ever noticed how boastful people really become after faltering, as if that will rectify the gruesome action, it doesn’t. It’s all a front for show, demonstration of wasted time taken away from repenting really! It’s that lapse of time where the conscience could’ve waken up from its err if given the opportunity but that time is robbed and occupied by egotistical behaviors). In good creole understanding Cain said to God DID YOU GIVE HIM TO ME TO HOLD FOR YOU? Usually insolent kids with no speech formalities would answer with such an insultive response. He didn’t have any remorse after his act. To him life just went on as if it was normal to kill his brother. (Let us be reminded of one of the commandments that later came is THOU SHALT NOT KILL. Only God who created reserves the right to take a life in His own time as He sees fit, but it’s not man’s bid to do, and no you’re not helping God by killing someone)! Anyway, Abel wasn’t going to remain silent in acceptance of a wrongful death. He did what no dying person before him had done since he was the first to physically die. In doing this though he set an example for you and me to know and understand that we need not just take the injustice as it comes, we don’t have to. We can put in our request before God! That blood that flows through your vein has a voice even as it flows out of you. Providing you’ve done right by God, you’ll find that voice activated quicker when most needed. Abel found his voice activated even in death and put in his request to God as he took his last breath. Don’t wait until you’re in Abel’s position to put in your request. The best time to make your request known to God is now while the blood is warmly flowing through your veins. It’s your right to do so. You’ve been given access through God’s word when He said to “…Pray in the Spirit on ALL occasions with ALL kinds of prayers and REQUESTS, with this in mind, be alert and ALWAYS keep on praying for all the Lord’s people, (Ephesians 6:18).
THEREFORE, I AM MY BROTHER’S KEEPER, YOU ARE YOUR BROTHER’S KEEPER, WE ARE OUR BROTHER’S KEEPER! What happens to one person good or bad can have either a positive or negative reaction and or effect in our lives because we’re connected by earth and breath. Don’t you see, on many levels you’re me and I’m you because we’re in this school called life together. My achievements won’t just make my teacher look good but it will make you who supported me along the way look good too before the Master. He may end up entrusting you with greater things because you didn’t look down on your post as you boosted me in achieving. Surely, had Cain united with Abel instead, the outcome would have been different and we might’ve had a different lesson to speak of. Have you noticed though that Abel’s request didn’t go up to God in vengeance with eye for eye? Abel didn’t desire that his brother died too for what he did. He just wanted this action to be corrected. God sanctioned Cain and prevented him from receiving the same fate. Many people would have agreed he deserved the same but what good is a returned deadly action without a sincere rectification preventing the reoccurrence of such action to another innocent soul? Dear sons of Cain, when oh when will we mend our ways and refrain from killing our brothers and sisters? We die inside a little also with such actions until one day we’ve lost all humanity! However will you stand in account for the innocent blood shed? How will you remit the costly soul of which you still lack understanding of its worth? There is reserved a time and hour for retribution. When standing before God’s throne in judgment what will our excuses be for killing and tormenting other souls? Will excuses even stand judgment then? Before the sun sets over our lives, let us make ALL sorts of our requests known before God in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving for we really labor not in vain. If the change tarries in coming, the next generation surely will benefit in the coming change, if we remain steadfast and immovable in seeking rectification. Be mindful in knowing God will not be late in answering your prayer requests! Let us pray AND watch over our own behaviors, actions, desires and even thoughts that murder body and spirit! Let us set human dignified boundaries for ourselves to watch over self and others in all Godliness because WE ARE OUR BROTHER’S KEEPER! GODLY LOVE!
Genesis 4:8-10
04-23-2021
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I’ve given my all for you, and to you has it not been enough? I heard a voice reply before I asked, “give me love?” Was it not love that urged me to give my very best in all? Would a person driven by hatred, envy or vain glory give their genuine all for another? I think not!
Love isn’t vain and boast not, but love must always be replenished. In this present world it’s important to reload and restore ample love for life and eternity to come.Abel must’ve loved his brother so much that only after his brother killed him did he realize his true intention. He had no choice then but to seek God, the voice of his blood on the ground to be exact, cried out to God, (Genesis 4:10). Who can stifle you even in death when you find favor in God? In (2 Kings 13:21) Elisha’s dry bones spoke life to the dead man’s corpse after being dumped in his grave. When you’re sanctified and righteous by God even in death you are powerful. Who can stifle you? This is why one need not fear those who can kill the body rather He who can destroy the body and soul into Hell, (Matthew 10:28). When you remain in God’s will to the best of your ability, even if it doesn’t seem enough to you, God seeing you’ve given your all will meet you at your point of need because the power of the resurrected Christ dwells in you. (John 11:25-26) His word will not return to Him void without having accomplished what it was set out to do, (Isaiah 55:11). He said, behold I’m with you always till the end of the world, (Matthew 28:20). Believe this because He has not brought you this far to leave you stranded, but to give up on Him what will you ever give in ransom for your soul? How will you ever repay His free breath flow and heartbeat that never ceases? In synchronization with His will, each second of each day for years till the end, God kept you! He never once forgot to wind your heart nor did your breath hiccup to a coma or shortened by death! Whatever will you give? Lifting the cup of salvation, calling His name and paying vows are for the living, the death of His saints are precious to Him (Psalm 116:12-15). When you belong to Christ, truly belong to Him, to live is to honor him and to die is but a gain (Philippians 1:21)! It is such an honor to serve the King of kings!

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ABEL’S REQUEST

WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE IN RANSOM FOR YOUR SOUL?