By Faith

The passage in Hebrew 11:4 “By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.” ‭ It makes me ponder on faith. Cain still had a measure of faith - faith that what he grew would please God. Faith that the strain or specimen of plant was the best he could fathom. Faith that the crop was the best he would see. Faith that his hands were able to produce the best. Yet Abel’s faith surpassed Cain’s. Abel knew that nothing he could do could come close to the works of God. He believed that his gift was insufficient. And so his faith rested in God’s ability in creation. So he chose with careful consideration a perfect lamb. He chose a perfect site where the sacrifice would take place. And he chose the choicest portion of the lamb - it’s very life through the lamb’s spilled blood. He didn’t try to give God cooked portions of the dead lamb. He gave God the life of the lamb - a from God and to God moment given back to the one who could give life and take life.