My wife and I are big fans of the TV series NCIS. I like it because of Gibbs, Sarah likes it for DiNozzo. Agent Gibbs has a saying: "I don't believe in coincidences" and I completely agree with him. The devotional book that my friend gave me was very special to him because it seemed a coincidence that everyday he read it, it was speaking directly to him about a situation in his life. Every time we talked about it I would remind him that I don't believe in coincidences, especially when it is God speaking to us. Yesterday I read the dpassage for the day and did not get anything out of it. Today, that very situation was thrown up in my face and I knew how to react because just the day before I was told how. ( not that I did it well, but I did know what I was supposed to do in theory). So, lesson one for today is this, coincidences don't exist; the power of God does.
Lesson two.
"Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?" Genesis 4:6
I love all of my children, beloved. I don't disparage one in favor of another. It grieves me when you believe that I do.
I favored Abel's offering, but did not favor Abel over Cain. Cain misunderstood the difference and allowed his anger to blind him.
My child, I caution all of my children to be slow to anger because of the devastation that anger can unleash. I did not want Cain to go down that path of destruction. Instead of giving in to his emotions, I wanted him to examine why he was angry. Envy was the match that ignited his fury. He chose to hang on to anger instead of me.
Child, when you're upset don't focus on it to the exclusion of all else. Bring it to me. Let's explore together why you are angry. Then, let's douse that flame together.
THE END
This was the devotional that I blew through yesterday and did not give it a lot of thought. Why? Because I was not upset with anyone and my day was going great. Today however I got a kink in my chain. See, no coincidence here.
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