If you don't hear it, how can you have faith for it!

This is the start of the new year, I am believing God for bigger, why, because the word says faith comes from hearing and hearing the word of God.Romans 10:17 ! I am endeavoring to put the word of God before me, in my ears in my mouth and believe God for bigger in Him.

I started the New year off in the morning listening to the word, and looking at scripture. In doing this something was impressed in my Spirit to write something about Cain and Abel. It was something written in Genesis 4. The story of these 2 brothers written here are still talked about today. I saw something for today, something we could all identify with. These brothers both grew up knowing about God, learning about God in the same household. They both knew to bring offerings to God, it says it right there in scripture, but that's where the difference happened and what occurred that changed the course of one of their lives, Cain!

They both heard things growing up in there household, they both knew to bring offerings to God, but only one brought it forth with FAITH, Abel. They both had different professions, one worked the ground like a farmer, and the other had flocks, sheep, I suppose.They were both successful in today's standards. The difference was their HEART!

Cain brought something to God in the course of time, Abel brought something from the first of his flock, The scripture says God looked with favor on Abel's offering and on Cain not so much. Now we could read that in many ways,and say what's the big deal? It is a big deal, its the heart attitude and where God comes into our life, that matters! Abel's offering meant something to him, it was by faith with the heart. Its even in Hebrews 11;4 about Abel's offering that he gave it by faith, new testament so its for us today as much as then. The story goes on to say that Cain knew what Abel did, and there was a attitude that surfaced. It was anger, have you ever compared yourself to someone else at what you knew they did or gave, and got angry? God is not into the amount you give or how many hours you put in at your church helping. If you remember the widows offering how Jesus saw how much she put in the offering he made reference to it. It really is what does God mean to you? Is he worth the first fruit of your day, in praise, the first amount of your pay check, the first thought you give when you get out of bed, or to say Father what should I do in this situation? It matters, it mattered then with Cain and Abel and it still does for us today. I will conclude with why!


God asked Cain why he was angry, why his face was so downcast, in other words God was trying to give Cain the opportunity to look and examine his heart and have it adjusted. It is no different today, God always gives us an opportunity to repent and go in a different direction. Thats what he did with Cain!, God warned Cain what was crouching at his door, "sin"! He told him sin desires to have you, and master you,  If Cain had of listened to God it could of gone in a different direction for him. He let anger get the better of him and that is based in fear, so many lies stem from fear and where it can lead you."it will master you if you don't deal with it". He went and murdered his brother in the end!  Give no place to the devil and his lies!

 Abel loved God , it was expressed with affections of love to God in his life by faith. We have the same choices as these 2 brothers to serve and love God  with our whole heart, Happy New Year, it can be a year of increase for you, if you choose to trust God!