1. Genesis 4:6 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is significant about the LORD speaking to Cain?

Genesis 4:6 (ESV)

6 The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen?

God takes the initiative. It is not a man who approaches Cain. Sometimes we as humans do not reach our fellow human beings. Then you feel powerless. We learn that God can take initiative of his own accord. We can ask him to do that, and he can do it better than anyone else. God seeks to help Cain.