More Abel, Less Cain

In the world of Bling and Benz’s, one can quickly get caught up on his brothers blessing.

Gen 4:8Gen 4:8
English: King James Version (1611) - KJV
8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.  

And Cain said to his brother, Let us go into the field: and when they were in the field, Cain made an attack on his brother Abel and put him to death.

Look at Cain; he was distressed because the Lord wanted more out of his offering. Instead of focusing on how he fell short of giving God his best, he became jealous of his brothers gift to God. He leaves spot of the offering, only to kill his brother. What was Abel mistake did he tease Cain about God accepting his offering? Maybe he turned to Cain when they were leaving the church and tried to give him some advice on how to make his offering better. Who knows exactly what happened to set Cain off, but what we do know is that it is much to easy to hurt our brother when we are mad at God.
Cain and many of us miss the point, God wants our best he is not grading us collectively, we have a personal score sheet called our life. So let’s move everyday to be less like Cain and we will be Abel to keep our brothers longer.

By Kermit Williams