And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. - Gen. 2:7 NKJV
I read this verse and I think of the chorus to the Amy Grant song "Breath of Heaven" or "Mary's Song"
Breath of heaven, Hold me together,
Be forever near me, Breath of heaven.
Breath of heaven, Lighten my darkness,
Pour over me your holiness, For you are holy.
We had the opportunity once, back at creation, to be what God intended us to be. He had given us the Breath of Heaven, and everything that we could possibly ever want or need lay before us there, including the tree of life sitting right next to the tree of knowledge.
The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Gen 2:8-9 - NKJV
But, we chose the tree of knowledge instead of the tree of life, and we've been chasing after knowledge, of both good and evil, ever since, as if it would compensate for life. We should know by now that knowledge is a second rate substitute for life, but we continue to pursue it at any cost. It doesn't matter how much knowledge we have about cancer, diabetes, or heart attacks, our knowledge will never be able to stave off death. And in our quest to prolong this physical life, we risk the possibility of losing our eternal life. Jesus said he came that we might have life and have it more abundantly. He knew what he was talking about. He was there at the creation and knew the difference between the tree of knowledge and the tree of life. We can choose between the two, but we have to go back to the very beginning of ourselves, we have to be re-created, reborn in order to partake of the tree of life.
The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Gen 2:8-9 - NKJV
But, we chose the tree of knowledge instead of the tree of life, and we've been chasing after knowledge, of both good and evil, ever since, as if it would compensate for life. We should know by now that knowledge is a second rate substitute for life, but we continue to pursue it at any cost. It doesn't matter how much knowledge we have about cancer, diabetes, or heart attacks, our knowledge will never be able to stave off death. And in our quest to prolong this physical life, we risk the possibility of losing our eternal life. Jesus said he came that we might have life and have it more abundantly. He knew what he was talking about. He was there at the creation and knew the difference between the tree of knowledge and the tree of life. We can choose between the two, but we have to go back to the very beginning of ourselves, we have to be re-created, reborn in order to partake of the tree of life.
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