Saturday, May 08, 2010

God's Garden

Genesis 2:9 KJV
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Four trees the Bible says could be found in the Garden God planted. In each and every one I find evidences of God's care for us. It is caring that God would planted the garden. He took personal care to make the place He would place man. Within that garden there was

Every tree that is pleasant to the sightGod gave us things that were pleasing to us. Christians have the most incentive of all men to seek the discover the wonders our God has created. Creatures that are beyond our ability to imagine, yet God has made them and they are in our world for us to discover.

Trees that are good for foodGod provided what is necessary to sustain physical life. He has provided it with variety and He has provided it in plenty.

The tree of lifeI see in this tree not merely that which sustains physical life, but that which gives abundant life. This tree is said to exist in the future new Jerusalem. Heaven will be graced with the fruit of the tree of life. It symbolizes to me not just physical life, but spiritual life in the presence of and in fellowship with God.

The tree of the knowledge of good and evil
I see this tree as a test or as existing to prove mankind. GK Chesterton said "the weakest camp is the strongest school." We don't grow through ease and comfort, we grow through testing and difficulty. God expressed care even in the earliest days of the creation to provide for us a proving place.

Our God is eternally and infinitely gracious.

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