OUTSIDE THE REAL BEING.

Text....Genesis 4 vs 16-24. The above text was about Cain who killed his brother because his brother`s offering was respected by God. With Cain moving away from God`s presence, man began to look for different ways of becoming significant outside God. I discovered in the above text that Cain and the generation that followed him sought to accomplish great things and they recorded many ACCOMPLISHMENTS yet they remained separated or far from God. The first thing that Cain did after leaving God`s presence was to build a city naming it after his own son...Enoch. I discovered that Cain was actually trying to make a name for himself and he was trying to place a worth on himself despite God`s rejection. Lamech was the grandson of Enoch. I also discovered that Lamech broke God`s rule in Gen 2 vs 24 by starting a polygamous life. He went and took for himself two wives which were Adah and Zillah. Lamech was known to be wicked and he always had the desire to kill and to kill shows an example of an individual living outside God`s presence. Despite his wickedness, God still went ahead to bless him with children that were successful. Gen 4 vs 20 talks about Jubal...son of Adah who was successful in raising cattle and dwelling in tents meaning that he was the first known instrumentalist. Another known person in that generation living out of God`s presence was Tubal who was the first metal-smith. Despite their great achievements, nothing else was written about them meaning that life without a relationship with God is meaningless despite all achievements. Your worth is not in your achievements but in your relationship with God. I want you to know that God`s presence is everywhere but it is not active everywhere. It is only where you can activate it through your relationship with Him that He manifests Himself. No wonder Moses said that he will not leave with the Israelites if God`s presence will not go with them because he knew that without God`s presence, man will be a restless wanderer. Are you still successful despite living outside God? Try and have a re-think because there is always an end to temporary things but what is permanent is permanent which is God and He is the REAL BEING.