March 1, 2023
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, Genesis 3:6.
There are some sacrifices we don't have to
suffer when we resist wisdom that contradicts God's wisdom.
Besides unconditional love, one of the first
things I learned as a child from my mother was that there would be consequences
for my decisions and behavior. When guilty of disobeying my mother, she would
quote from the Bible, saying, "obedience is better than sacrifice."
Then she would show me what she meant. As I grew up, I learned to value and
appreciate my mother's wisdom and the source of her wisdom, God's word.
Adam and Eve were living in the spectacular
realm of the Garden of Eden. God gave them dominion over the land and supplied
them with everything they needed. They had only one restriction, "… but
you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you
eat of it you will surely die," and they did.
If we are not mindful, like Adam and Eve, we
too can easily allow influences counter to the wisdom of God to fill our days
with avoidable suffering and misery.
Dear God, thank you for your provision and
free will. Please help me discern and resist those things counter to your
wisdom, this and every day of my life. Amen.
Dr. Russell M. Morrow, Sr.
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