FAITH CAPSULE: Grace in place is not for sin to have a place.

Genesis 6, 7

Multiplication and beauty is a blessing from the Lord. The Bible recorded, “Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.” (Genesis 6:1-2) God meant good by blessing His creation and with blessings of God, His creation multiplied in wickedness and all kinds of ungodliness that provoked the hand of God against man. It is written, “… LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. So the LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth…” (Genesis 6:6-7) Sin set man against God and disqualified man from His grace, “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD” (Genesis 6:8). The same eyes that spotted sin during the time of multiplication and beautification of God’s creation are still the same eyes today. Nothing can escape the eyes of God and the word testifies, “For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him…” (2 Chronicles 16:9)
God’s eye is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. God is forever consistent and He will not overlook sin. There is always sin and there is always forgiveness. However, forgiveness does not take away consequence. If you have been privilege with multiplication and beauty by God, it is definitely not the time to engage sin and sinning before Him. God alone can send showers (rain) of blessing or showers (rain) of destruction. The shower that fell during the time of Noah was in two fold. To the wicked ones, it was a shower of destruction while to Noah it was a shower of grace. The Bible recorded in Genesis 7:11-12, “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.  And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights. ” The rain that flooded in the time of Noah was the result of sin. God’s blessing does not come with sorrow and neither was it meant to bring sorrow but when sin reigns it provokes the hand of God against man. Just as grace was available for Noah so it is for all man. However, the word of God makes it clear that grace in place is not for sin to have place by stating, “Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?  Certainly not!

Prayer for today: Pray against every force that causes man to abuse God’s blessing in life.