Conviction! Cain considered his inadequate offering to the Lord. The Lord was displeased and spoke to Cain these words:

“If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.” (Genesis 4:7)

Cain made a choice—the wrong choice—and suffered the consequences.

How many times has the voice of the Spirit brought conviction to our hearts when we considered doing or saying something we knew wasn't right?

How many times have we ignored that small, still voice and continued in our sin?

How many times have we turned and blamed God for the consequences of our own sin?

Be careful to listen to the voice of conviction. Don’t heed the enemy’s call to sin, but rather heed the Spirit’s call to righteousness and holiness, to purity and freedom.

We have the ability to control the evil desires planted in our minds, subjects of the enemy’s malicious schemes. We are NOT slaves to sin unless we choose to be.

We can no longer say, “the devil made me do it” because as Paul said in Romans 6:18, “You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.”

If we claim Jesus Christ as our Master, our Savior, our King, and our Lord, then we have been made free from sin. The blood of Calvary made a way for us to live in freedom if we heed the voice of conviction. Become slaves to righteousness and thus fulfill the will of God.

Do what is right and avoid the sin crouching at your door, for surely it desires to have you. You have the power to use the key through Jesus Christ. Use it, shut the door, lock it securely, and refuse to let sin enter the door of your heart.

Prayer

Father, help me heed the voice of conviction and shut the door to the enemy’s allurements. Amen.

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