The Lord is awe-inspiring, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Genesis 4:26,
“At that time men began to call on the name of the Lord.”
Here in Genesis 4:26 we have a note that men began to “call on the name of the Lord.” This is understood by commentators as that time in man’s separation and estrangement from God they began to call on his name in worship, praise, thanksgiving and request. It is interesting to note that the name of God is not something “bequeathed” to him but unlike all other names it is transcendent as the eternal name of God. It is this one name alone that a person may call out to God in worship and adoration.
In a certain sense it is somewhat startling that God has made his name known man. Following man’s rejection and rebellion of God, in the midst of God’s judgment God allows man to worship him. It is here that I see a divine love for mankind our God reveals. We were created in God’s image to have fellowship with him, and now that man is removed and separated from God we have a great need to reach out to him, to be touched by him, to experience his presence. In our sin and rebellion, in our fallen condition we find we do not have all the pieces and parts to experience life the way we were designed to. No wonder we find ourselves beset with so many problems and “issues”.
But our God has made himself available to us. We can experience his presence in our lives as we respond to the gospel message. He has reached out to us through his Son Jesus Christ in the greatest expression of love: the offering of himself on our behalf that we might have life in him. And so our God has made himself available to us.
Given the sin of mankind in the Garden of Eden, did God have to make himself available to us? My thought is that since mankind, with fair warning from God sinned and rebelled against God, earning his judgment, God certainly would have been fair and just in giving us over to eternal punishment and separation from his presence forever. The fact that he has made himself available to us demonstrates his incomparable compassion, mercy, kindness and love for us. How remarkable!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your theme of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We’d love to hear from you!
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