365 Day Challenge: Day 2

Genesis 4-7

I think the biggest thing I noticed in this passage is how everyone trusted the Word of God.  They did not question that He meant what He said.  When Eve gave birth to Cain, she said “I have gotten a manchild with the help of the Lord” (Gen. 4:1).  She was remembering the promise that God had made saying that one of her descendants would crush the Devil.  After Cain killed Abel and was made to wander the earth, God made a sign for him that anyone who found him would not kill him.  Cain never questioned that this sign would work.  God created it, so Cain had no reason not to trust.  After both Cain and Abel proved not to be the Promised One, Eve gave birth to another son and again said “God has appointed me another offspring in place of Abel, for Cain killed him” (Gen. 4:25).  I do not doubt that Eve was hoping Seth would be their deliverer.  

This promise from God was passed down with every generation and Lamech named his son Noah saying that “this one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising the ground which the Lord has cursed” (Gen. 5:25).  Lamech hoped that through Noah, God would fulfill his promise.  It is amazing that even though each generation was disappointed and their Savior did not arise until many, many years later, they never doubted that God would follow through with what He said.  They continued hoping year after year and trusted in God’s promises.  Even Noah trusted the words of the Lord without hesitation.  He was told to build an arc for the world was to be covered in water, and he began without question.  He had faith in the God who created all things.  He did not think he knew better or that God didn’t mean it.  The Lord spoke, and he took action.

Why is it so hard for us to act in a similar fashion?  We hesitate and question and ignore.  We seek council from Him, yet so often do not hear when He answers.  Eve, Lamech and Noah lived their lives with faith.  They did not sit around waiting for God to prove himself, but lived their lives with constant Hope and Trust that his Words were true.  I think we feel the curse of being ‘like God’ knowing good and evil more today than they did.  They were still young on the Earth and God was still very evident as the Creator of the universe.  The longer we’ve been on this planet, the more we feel we know everything.  It is so much harder to trust God now because we have to deal with our own egos and pride.  But He is still the Creator of the universe, the same today as he was at the beginning and will be at the end.  We have seen his promises answered over and over again throughout the Bible and the coming of the Second Adam in Jesus Christ.  In truth we do know so much more today; we know that God’s Word is true, that He does not make promises He will not keep, and that He is faithful to those who call on His name.  We should live our lives with more Faith and Trust because of all we are blessed to know.