Sunday Reading: Genesis 3 16-19
Key Verse: Genesis 3 17
17 And to Adam He said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it! The ground is cursed for your sake. In pain shall you eat of it all the days of your life.
Key Verse: Genesis 3 17
17 And to Adam He said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it! The ground is cursed for your sake. In pain shall you eat of it all the days of your life.
Devotion:
When was the last time that you were caught out doing something you really should not have been doing? I’m not talking about something like talking in class, but something a bit more drastic, something you would rather not have to tell other people about… How did you feel at that moment of being caught? Can you remember how the blood felt like it drained totally out of your head? Can you remember the dry feeling in your mouth? How about how your brain seemed to suddenly go into neutral and there was just nothing you could do? I can remember a few moments like that in my life…
When was the last time that you were caught out doing something you really should not have been doing? I’m not talking about something like talking in class, but something a bit more drastic, something you would rather not have to tell other people about… How did you feel at that moment of being caught? Can you remember how the blood felt like it drained totally out of your head? Can you remember the dry feeling in your mouth? How about how your brain seemed to suddenly go into neutral and there was just nothing you could do? I can remember a few moments like that in my life…
What sort of punishment did you have to face for what you did? Adam and Eve had to face up to the ultimate authority, an authority that they had been able to commune with, been able to walk with and talk with. And yet now they had to face up to admitting that the one thing that they had been told not to do had not been done!
When we are placed into a position of trust, the last thing we would want to do is to break that trust. Unfortunately, there is one who is more than willing to encourage us into breaking that trust at every conceivable time. We always have to be on our guard against him and always have to try and make sure that what we are doing is God’s will on not his will. We do not always think of the consequences of doing things and we most certainly do not think of them when we are having fun – that is going to be our weakest point, the point at which we will be tempted by the greatest tempter of all…
Because of our sins (and no, you cannot blame it all on Eve because we are the ones that continue to sin) we have been condemned to a life that is nothing like that which Adam first knew. For all intents and purposes it is like we are in prison! It does not take much to turn your life around so you can at least get out on parole!
Points to Ponder:
When did you last get caught out?
Do you think you have got away with it just because no human saw you?
When did you last get caught out?
Do you think you have got away with it just because no human saw you?