Where are you?

14 January 2019

Where are you?  Part1 (Read Genesis 3)
The serpent here represents the devil. Just a thought, but he spoke. I wonder if all the animals did at that time? What do you think?
Now a snake or serpent has 4 characteristics:

*  A Deadly tongue
*  Crawls into situations
*  Lies in wait
*  Strikes/bites

The serpent here was very crafty and twisted the truth.
The serpent said to Eve, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?" V1
Eve relied, "We my eat the fruit of the trees of the garden but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.' "
Now the was a mistake that Eve made. She obviously had not listened properly to God or her husband Adam. She added the words, 'nor shall you touch it.'
We really need to listen properly to what God is saying to us, otherwise we will get ourselves into all kinds of problems. People have gone out on missions believing God has sent them, when He hasn't, and it has been disastrous. Listen properly.

The serpent tempted Eve with the fruit of the tree, and he will tempt you too if you allow him. Verse 6 tells us that the tree, was:

* Good for fruit
* Pleasant to the eye
* Desirable to make one wise

Check these characteristics out. Isn't this the way we are often tempted by things? The longer we look at things that we shouldn't we stand the risk of falling to it.The longer we are in a place that we shouldn't be in, the risk becomes great. Eve, should have known better but she fell for the temptation and so will we if we're not careful. The thing is, Adam was with her and didn't stop any of this. He should have said to the serpent, 'GET OUT OF MY GARDEN.' He should have taken the authority that he had been given but he didn't. And oftentimes, we don't either.

Later in the day, God was strolling through the garden and called for Adam, "Where are you?" But Adam and Eve hid because they were ashamed. They were under conviction. Have you ever felt that way. Of course you have. I have many times, but it shouldn't be that way. It shows us just where we are in God.
In closing, Where are you?

'Father open my eyes and help me to walk with You
Without shame or conviction
For the times I have, forgive me.  Amen'