March 8, 2015

Genesis 3:22, The Eviction


“And the LORD God said, the man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”

I’m always curious about the trade-off…

Would we want to be like God even if it cost us our very lives? Many people say yes…and they spend their entire (though, brief) lives pursuing the goal.

This, of course is a perversion of God’s intent. God intended that we NOT be like Him and that we live with Him eternally. Mankind prefers to strut around like God and die trying.

Jesus actually restored the original balance. He has reminded us that we are NOT God…and welcomed us back to an eternal relationship.

What? I’m not God? It’s a rude awakening for many. So rude they prefer to dwell in their misplaced dreams of grandeur. It’ll be the death of them.

I like the original design. Being God was always so exhausting and frustrating. Life is so much more peaceful when I’m not…and so much longer.

Live boldly out there today…

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