Devotion - The Gift or the Atitude behind the gift
Genesis 4:2-5 - Now Abel kept flocks and Cain worked on the soil, 3 In the course of time Cain brought some fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord.4 But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favour upon Abel and his offering, 5 but on Cain and his offering He did not look with favour. So Cain was angry and his face was down cast. Many times before I thought that God required a blood offering and that's why he rejected Cain's offering. It was while going through the TAFTEE course that this mater was clarified. In fact cereal offering was much acceptable under the law (Lev 2:1). What was it then that was offending on the art of Cain. The first indication is in verse 4b . The Lord looked with favour upon Abel and his offering. It is the person that God looks first an then the offering. God cares most is the attitude of the one bringing the offering. If the attitude is right , the gift will also be right. Man sees the outwar...