Genesis 3:1
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”
The Lord spoke to Adam and Eve the perfect truth. He told them exactly what would happen if they ate of the tree He commanded them not to. If that’s true, why was it so hard to obey? Why is it so hard for us to obey any of the hundreds of true words God has spoken since? He’s not just in charge, He is right: eating the fruit lead to death.
Temptation creates a false world that has all the look of a paradise. The serpent asked Eve to imagine all the blessing of the garden with the addition of the wisdom of God Himself. The thought so gripped Eve that she reached out for greater life and ate death. The lies of temptation always look incredibly appealing and always end in death. How amazing that in Jesus we get the possibility of forgiveness and a love so beautiful we can be enticed back to the delights of the Lord.
Prayer prompt: Lord, please forgive me and show me a love more lovely than what temptations promise.