Divine Opportunities

‘‘I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.” (Eccl. 9:11) KJV 

In Genesis 4, the bible tells us about Cain and Abel. They were both farmers. One was a farmer that plants seeds in the land and the other was a farmer that kept animals. Cain was the one that planted seeds while Abel was the one that kept animals.

Verse 3 says, “And in process of time, it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.”

As divine timing comes, so also does opportunity come. The opportunity now came for Cain to bring an offering to God. But the man was a fool.

The bible says “Cain brought of the food of the ground an offering unto the Lord.” Is that a bad thing?

The next verse says: “And Abel, (who understood divine timing), he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof”. See how that verse ends now.

“And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering; but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.”

Cain brought an offering but it was unlike Abel who understood timing and opportunity.

The latter took the firstling. When you see firstling in the bible, it is talking of the best. He presented the best before the Lord.

And the bible says that God had respect for his offering. In verse 7, God was talking to Cain who now was now angry, “If thou doest well, shall thou not be accepted?”

What God is saying is that the same favour that He had shown to Abel could have also been given to Cain but they know divine timing so that I will take hold of that opportunity and do the right thing. Amen!

Further Reading: Genesis 4.
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