Grace Today

Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the name of the LORD. (Genesis 4:26 NIV)

Time was marching on after the murder of Able. God had issued His promises of suffering that mankind would inherit due to the disobedience of Adam. It is evident that Gods presence had not forsaken the first family even though they were defiant. Eve understood that Seth had come by the hand of God.
It is encouraging to me to see that men began to call on the name of the Lord. After all they had been through one would think God would not listen. We could not hold a grudge against God if He had chosen to stop with the murder of Able and allowed Eve, Cain, and the rest of them all to die out. Not giving them anymore children but putting an end to sin at the very out start. “Nipping it in the bud,” as Barney Fife would say. We know now that is not what He did.

You may think you have gone to far in your defiance today. Perhaps someone has even told you that you are an outcast forever. They are wrong and your thinking is wrong. The mercy and grace of God was in the world at the beginning and is still here today. The key to realizing it is to follow the example of the first offspring of sinners; call on the name of the Lord!