When you may think all hope is lost, God can step in with a blessing.
Just when you think all that is happening is waywardness and disobedience, a new path can open up.
When a generation may think their name is more important than anyone else, a new voice can emerge, calling on the name of the Lord.
“Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.” Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of the LORD” (Genesis 4 v 25-26)
The grandson of Adam lives in an era when people are starting to pray to the Lord.
He is named ‘mortal’ perhaps because Seth realised that, as the replacement brother of Cain, who had killed Abel, life was indeed very fragile. His name also means ‘people’ and could be referring to the significant increase in population.
The devastation of Cain killing Abel was felt deeply in that the Cainites turned their back on the Lord. However, the Sethites, people like Enosh, despite the turbulence of their world and the increasing sinfulness as the population grew, called on the name of the Lord. This was not only a private prayer, but a community’s declaration of its faith in God.
Never let a day go by without calling on the Name!
Even though you may live in a time that seems desperate and wayward, you can be like Enosh’s generation, who longed for God to move. There have always been two different paths. The generations of Cain built cities, achieved great things, and created a great deal. The generations of Sethites built altars.
In every generation, some walk on the broad path, and those who walk on the narrow path. Some call on themselves, and others call on God.
Are you laying a foundation of the GOSPEL for the next generation? Are you calling on the name of the Lord?
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