Genesis 5:6-8
- Seth lived one
hundred and five years, and begot Enosh. After he
begot Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and
daughters. So all the days of Seth were nine
hundred and twelve years; and he died.
It was important for the writer of Genesis to record Adam’s genealogy….at
least till God brought Adam into the world. Adam and Eve had introduced sin
into the world…and Cain had been so controlled by it that he murdered his own
brother. Seth must have taught his son Enosh the important things about God…because
he was able to help man enter a season of walking with God.
Other generations were able to walk with God after that.
Enoch was so honored by God that he was taken up to heaven before he died…and
Noah was so obedient to God that Genesis stopped the genealogy lesson with him.
But sin could not be completely erased. It attached itself to the weak ones in
this list of men….and kept trying to erase the piece of man that needed God.
I sit to write in front of a window that faces some of my
bird feeders. I am so distracted this morning by the squirrels that keep eating
the seed I meant for the beautiful birds I love to watch. Try as I might…I just
can’t keep them off the feeders. They learn so quickly that even the baffles
and so labeled ‘squirrel proof’ feeders I purchased don’t keep them away for
long. Short of sitting in front of them on a permanent basis… I am learning
that if I want to feed the birds…I just have to put up with a few squirrels.
Sin is just like those squirrels. It just won’t leave us
alone….so we have to stay so connected to God that whatever it tries to steal
from us…be it joy…be it children…be it financial … be it health…God is right
there to help us move forward and learn how to trust him no matter what. We have to learn that God can take anything
that satan attacks and destroys and weave it back into something good. One of
his promises is to replace what was taken in an even greater way.
Father...thank you for the reminder that you can take all things
and use it for your good. Forgive me for the times that I give up too quickly
on a bad situation and forget that you can do something good with it. Help me to trust you more… and love through
the harsh seasons of life…so that I can learn to be like the strong men of
faith you planted throughout the history of our world. Amen.
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