Sunday 8 Apr 2018

April 8: Genesis 2:18-24

Key Verse: Genesis 2:20
So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

Devotion:
No matter how much man tries to be like God and tries to create life, he will never achieve what God alone has done. God quite simply took a part of Adam and created another being so Adam could have a partner. God created Adam as a very intelligent person; he came up with names for all the animals which was probably quite a long task and one we may well struggle to understand, but it was done. He even came up with the name for woman! I wonder how he felt about doing that!

But notice that Adams charge was to be in charge of Eden; of all the land and animals which God had created. He was given the post of ‘Lord of the manor’ as it were. He was not given the post of creator… He was given his lordship from The Creator! When God created everything, there was still one thing missing; the perfect partner for Adam. That is why He created Eve, a partner for Adam; anything other than a woman would not have been the perfect partner for Adam. God created Eve from Adam before Adam had time to sin, before he had time to be tempted; Eve was that perfect partner for Adam, so far, the perfect man. Oh how wonderful things must have been for that time before they were tempted by the serpent!

Adam and Eve were given a place close to God where they could commune with Him on a daily basis… that is before they knew sin in their lives. Whilst they had no sin, God was still able to walk by their sides. The law was given to them verbally and was quite simple; don’t eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. That may seem a bit harsh to us now, but then it was simple… ‘You don’t need to know evil, just be good!’

If we were able to be born and to stay away from evil, we would live a very wholesome life! Unfortunately, because of the sin is in this world, we have absolutely no chance of getting away from it! Thankfully we have Christ who was willing to cover our sins with His own blood so we can once again be with God. What a wonderful Lord and God we have!

Points to Ponder:
How often do you think of or about ‘bad things’?

How long would you last by God’s side without Christ?