There was an abundance of everything mankind needed in the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve had need of nothing! They had the fruit of EVERY tree in the garden to keep them healthy...they had peace, they had perfect communion with God and each other...their world was a paradise.
But then, sin entered the picture, and suddenly everything changed. Suddenly pain and death entered the earth and they were banished from the paradise they had been given where everything was provided for them, and suddenly, they had to work for their sustenance by tilling the land in order to grow their own food.
Friends, let me tell you this...when sin enters the picture...everything changes. All the peace is gone, all the calm in our homes disappears, every relationship in our lives begins to suffer because sin takes over and life becomes so much more difficult. We begin to worry about where we are going to get enough money to pay our rent, or to buy food for our families and we begin to worry about everything in our lives.
The key here is that when we RELY on God, when we TRUST God's Word and when we are OBEDIENT to God's Word, then our lives works the way He intended for our lives to work. When we choose sin over obedience to God, then we are banished from the peaceful life that God wants for us and we begin to rely on ourselves. And I don't know about you, but when I was relying on myself, I was ALWAYS in need and looking at trouble.
With God, all things are possible, without Him, I am most miserable indeed!
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