LAND OF NOD
Genesis 4:1-16

The place of sin in the life of every man should be outside of every man and not inside. Sin is always waiting for the opportune time to pounce in to the inside. Jesus, our Lord and Savior, experienced the threat of the devil after His forty days wilderness period, “Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time.” (Luke 4:13) Devil that sought for an opportune time with Jesus will seek for a place in every man’s inside. Sin is always at the door of people with angry and deceptive spirits. When Cain failed in his offering before God, an angry spirit rose in him and God responded to him, “If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.” (Genesis 4:6) God could not have said it wrongly. Sin is always at the door waiting for its opportunity to enter. When Cain killed his brother Abel, sin entered and the presence of God departed from him. The Bible said as a result of Cain’s sin, “…Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.” (Genesis 4:16) Cain ended in the land of Nod, the east of Eden. Are you in any way that leads to land of Nod? It is possible to be a regular church going believer and be on the way to the land of Nod. Manifestly, it is not all that enter into the house of God that actually dwell in the presence of God. If you have departed from His presence, it is possible to be entering into the house of God and not be in His presence. It is not the ground of worship that matters but how you are grounded in the Lord. Have you let sin into your house lately? When there is life there is hope, do not take yourself out of His presence but take your place in His presence by amending your ways. God spoke to Jeremiah, “…Hear the word “Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah who enter in at these gates to worship the LORD!’” 3 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: “Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.’” (Jeremiah 7:2-3) In God’s warning to Cain, He made to us know that we have the power to rule over sin. The warning of God is the evidence that the key to the door is in our hand to use in denying sin from gaining entrance. Jesus is our key to victory over sin.
 
Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver you from every force that leads to sin gaining entrance through your door.