The Depth Of Jealousy And The Deadly Attack. Vol. 1

Authored by Pastor Jefferson O Imgbi
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⁸Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. Genesis 4

   

The Depth Of Jealousy And The Deadly Attack. Vol. 1

Jealousy is an emotion and typically refers to the negative thoughts and feelings of insecurity, fear, and anxiety over an anticipated loss of something that the person values, such as a relationship, friendship, or love. In Cain’s case, he felt he lost his position as the first since his offering was not accepted.

    

Genesis 4:4 & 5 (CEV) “and Abel also gave an offering to the LORD. He killed the first-born lamb from one of his sheep and gave the LORD the best parts of it. The LORD was pleased with Abel and his offering, but not with Cain and his offering. This made Cain so angry that he could not hide his feelings.” As you read the Bible passage, you can see the level of anger expressed by Cain for his lost. He was so angry that he could not hide his anger. So what happened when Cain could not hide the terrible anger that was eating him slowly?

   

Genesis 4:6 & 7 (CEV) “The LORD said to Cain: What’s wrong with you? Why do you have such an angry look on your face? If you had done the right thing, you would be smiling. But you did the wrong thing, and now sin is waiting to attack you like a lion. Sin wants to destroy you, but don’t let it!” God did not neglect Cain in his self-inflicted anguish. He was concerned and he did approach Cain to calm him and to warn him about his reactions. Sin was about to possess Cain and destroy his future. 

  

This story is not different from many stories or the life we all live. We make mistake and we refuse to take blame for our mistakes. We look for whom to blame and sometimes we make these innocent people our enemies. What is wrong with you? Do you really know what is wrong with you? This is a question to stop you from reacting and think for once. You are reacting because you are not thinking. Here God asked Cain the same question. He told Cain that he would have been smiling if he had done the right thing. The reason you are not smiling is simply that you have not done the right thing.

    

I now ask again, ‘what is wrong with you?’ This question wants you to analyse the situation and for once be truthful to you as you accept your role and responsibility in the whole matter. Before your anger explodes over the top, have you taken inventory of the whole matter? Have you asked yourself what is wrong and why is it that you are behaving the way you did. Do you ever feel at any stage that you are wrong?

The funny thing about this is the fact that the anger was, shown on his face. God wants you right now to look at your face in the mirror. He told Cain to look likewise and he is doing the same with you. As you get angry, no matter what the situation is, first God wants you to find out what is wrong with you. This will lead you to a massive discovery. This will enable you to take inventory of you and your eyes will be open. You might begin to say things like “when I was blind I was so damn angry, now that I can see I wonder why I was even angry in the first place.”

   

Cain refused to take inventory of the root cause of his anger. Since Cain refused to calm and see things the way they should, God did not hold back but to tell him the truth of the matter. Let us put it this when as God speaks now to Cain: 

   

“Hi Cain, you are so vex and angry. Your anger is so deep that it is showing in your face, and it is now controlling your countenance and your attitude. You really need to drop this attitude and ask yourself why you have lost it this much. What is wrong with you that you have refused to listen to what I am saying? Why do you direct your anger to Abel who is innocent in all this? You should be blaming yourself and be angry with yourself. You have done terrible wrong. If you did the right thing, you would have been smiling now. You are not capable of smiling because you tried to cheat. Now that you have been caught, you feel ashamed and think you can blame Abel in order to restore your dignity. You made a terrible mistake and you are paying for it.”

  

Remember what we said about jealousy. Jealousy is an emotion and typically refers to the negative thoughts and feelings of insecurity, fear, and anxiety over an anticipated loss of something that the person values. Here we can see that Cain valued acceptance and he lost it. I do not think he valued the offering; this was why he gave any kind of offering. What you do not value with not put a smile on your face because you dislike it. Whatever on earth you do not like will not like you enough to work for you. If you want to reap what you did not plant, you will end up getting angrier than ever. 


“Love sees sharply, hatred sees even more sharp, but Jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and hate at the same time.”

Arab Proverb quotes

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