Greater than I can bear

And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.”

Finally Cain realised the truth of his situation. He had allowed his anger to control his thoughts, then he acted out his anger and pretended that he hadn’t done anything when God confronted him. Finally he realised that there were consequences and that he would not be able to avoid them for the rest of his life. This is a sad situation to find yourself in, you chose certain consequences and then you find that you are experiencing them and cannot escape. However, Cain’s situation is much better than that of many people. They have chosen certain consequences but they are not willing to accept that they have made a choice and try to blame other people or be like Cain and avoid the issue altogether. If we suffer consequences then we need to admit that we have made a mistake or a bad choice and then seek to resolve the issue.

Throughout this entire section of human history there is evidence of God’s hand offered in grace but rejected and the people involved don’t ever experience the grace that is offered.

We can always own our choices and repent of them then we can begin to deal with the unsavoury consequences but we will always be bound to our suffering if we don’t make the effort. Sometimes we just have to confess to God but at other times we need to go to the person we have hurt and confess our sin to them as well (see Matt 5: 23, 24).

Cain lived in a day when the burden of vengeance was still on the family of the dead person so he was concerned that one of his relatives might kill him.

We must be careful that we don’t wait until it is too late to resolve our issues. The great pain of hell is being separated from God and knowing that we can’t do anything about it. We should make the effort to resolve our problems with God before we find ourselves being punished more than we can bear but being unable to do anything about it.

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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)