-Two- In the Garden

In the Garden

Today’s Reading: Genesis 2:8-9, 15-18, 25; Genesis 3:1-21

Focal Verse: Genesis 2:17

“but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

God made an idyllic garden for Adam and Eve. There was plenty of food, and man and beast lived peacefully together. Obviously, the climate was perfect, for they didn’t even need clothing.
God only had one requirement for staying in this paradise – they could eat of every tree but one, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God never wanted Adam and Eve to have this knowledge, so that they would never know the pain of sin and death.
Adam and Eve chose to disobey. They deserved immediate death. God could have just started over with a new man and woman or even put the animals in charge, but instead He offered grace.
Yes, He moved them out of the garden. Yes, He had other consequences He imposed, but He gave them life and hope. As He sent them out of this perfect garden into a less hospitable environment, He looked with pity upon the clothes they had tried to fashion from fig leaves and compassionately made them warm, dry clothing of animal skin. God sacrificed one of His precious animals that He had created to enable this disobedient couple to survive outside the garden. Now that’s grace!



Consider the commands God has given you that you are now disobeying. What might God be trying to spare you from? Resolve in your heart today to obey and ask God for His forgiveness and help.