Which friends can you trust? This question has haunted humans since the beginning. Abel trusted his brother, Cain. Cain asked Abel to go out to the field with him. Abel was apparently unaware of the building hatred that his brother had for him. Despite Abel’s trust, Cain attacked and killed his brother.
Psalm 62 speaks of this hidden, selfish agenda of deception and hatred. Speaking of his enemies, David says:
“They plan to topple me from my high position.
They delight in telling lies about me.
They praise me to my face
but curse me in their hearts…”
The darkness of the human heart doesn’t change. What can we learn from David and the narrative of Cain? There are at least two important take-aways.
Cain attempted to make God conform to his own idea of worship. He wanted God to approve of him based on what he thought was right. Cain required God to love him based on his idea of love. But it doesn’t work that way in real life. God lovingly challenges Cain, that if he worships God as God commands, everything will be fine and Cain will have the acceptance he so desperately wanted.
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