“Now the serpent 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’?’ The woman
said to the serpent, ‘We may eat fruit
from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the
tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you
will die.’’ ‘You will not certainly
die,’ the serpent said to the woman. ‘For
God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be
like God, knowing good and evil.’ When the woman saw that the fruit of the
tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining
wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was
with her, and he ate it”
(Genesis 3:1-6,
NIV).
The serpent promised Eve
new “eyes” to see what God sees. Adam and Eve got a new perspective, of course,
but it wasn’t God’s perspective. The serpent taught them to doubt God’s
goodness. The serpent accused God as having hidden agendas when He commands
them the straightforward: “You must not eat
from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will
certainly die” (Genesis 2:17). God desires for them to joyfully obey
Him – to choose life. But the serpent wants them to find misery when God had
intended only good for them.
No longer pure in hearts,
Adam and Eve hid from God. They believed that the shame they were experiencing
must reflect God’s true view of them.
The serpent, after all, had told them that eating the forbidden fruit would
open their eyes. Lies! The truth is, Adam and Eve already had a godlike view of
the world they inhabited. The serpent – the Devil – took away the very thing he
promised to give.
Since that day in the
Garden, our perspective has been tainted. We find it very hard to believe what
may be the simplest, most fundamental truth of all: God loves us, and He wants what is best for us. It is forever be
true.
THINK BIG.
START SMALL. GO DEEP.
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