Crouching Sin

It’s one of those sentences that really grabs my attention. It paints quite a picture.

Cain and Abel came to worship the Lord. Abel did it right, because he gave his best. Cain did not give his best and was criticized for it. This made Cain angry, angry enough to kill his brother.

Before Cain commits the murder, the Lord warns him with these words (in Genesis 4):

"If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."

It’s that last part that grabs me: "Sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you master it."

Wow, that’s worth thinking about! It was true then, and it’s true today. We need to be alert, careful, and aware that we have an enemy that is hell-bent on our destruction.

Be careful how you live this week.

If you belong to God, then you know you can overcome the challenges, trials, and temptations that will be yours. Master them by the power of the Master!