Friday 10 Feb 2023

February 10: Genesis 3:1-7

Key Verse: Genesis 3:1
Now the snake was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God really say, “You must not eat from any tree in the garden”?’

Devotion:
Just when you think things can not get any worse, something worse comes along! We live in a world where so many things can and do go wrong. At the moment we are praying for people in the Middle East after a devastating earthquake has shaken cities leaving many many people dead and many thousands homeless and without a safe place to live. How can this be? Is God not supposed to be looking out for us?

And God has not caused this because people have turned their backs on Him, nor is it a punishment for something someone has done wrong to God or His people! This is the world in which we live. Earthquakes happen. Volcanoes happen. Floods happen. People get caught up in things like this all the time; and sometimes a whole lot of people get caught up in things like this.

Our lot should be to share the burden with our fellow humans and to try and lessen the load they have to bare. It is not God who makes things like this happen. It is because there is evil in this world. The evil is the cause of all things bad. The longer it goes without being confronted, the more power it has and the worse things will get.

God faced the same thing in the Garden of Eden. Evil forced something bad to happen to Adam and Eve and they had to bare the brunt of the consequences for allowing evil to gain ground. We need to keep bringing God into our lives so He can face up to the evil and not allow it to take hold; but when it does, we need to share the burden with our fellow human beings no matter where in the world they are or what they are facing. Bring God into the equation so you can have a winning hand!

Points to Ponder:
Do you allow evil to take ground?

Or will you allow God to take ground?