At that time

'In that day men/women began to call upon the name of the Lord ' Gen 4:26

Adam and Eve seamingly failed to fill the earth with a Godly offspring [the perfect family] as was intended.Their plan to raise great sons ended up with Cain missing his weekly anger management classes and killing Abel for taking first prize at the show and tell morning talk.

Cains life spiralls,he leaves Adam and Eve , deserts God and His presence and builds cities which have since that day become great places to hide away in. Sin increases, and although success is mixed with Cains journey ,ultimately [by Gen 6 ] the whole place is full of wickedness.
Adam and Eve must have wondered what all this was about-what God and His word was about and what purpose there was to live for. Adams next edition of 'raising brilliant families' would not be heading to the printer in the near future.

Finally after a long and difficult season a new son called Seth[ new appointment] is born to them and he in turn has a son called Enosh and then it declares 'AT THAT TIME MEN BEGAN TO CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD'

This thought has inspired me over these weeks and out of it a real seed of hunger to call upon the Lord has been emerging.

Ultimately we are Spirit people and deep at the centre of that relationship is a profound longing to know the living God. This longing builds into a cry that overlooks the surrounding impossibilities and will not stop calling out until it sees the fruit of Gods promises fulfilled.
I have daily been repeating this verse and in so doing have found the 'name of the Lord' and His promises arising a fresh within me.
Like Seth and Enosh the future of all that God has promised can only be seized by those willing to rise up to challenge and change the future for good.

Let the 'call' be heard over Aotearoa in 2008.