“Then
the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the
garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees
of the garden.” Genesis 3: 8
Oh,
come on now, do you really think you can hide from the Lord God? Apparently,
Adam and Eve thought they could. They disobeyed God by eating the fruit from
the forbidden tree, then when he actually drew near to them and “walked in the
garden,” they hid from Him. These two beings of light and life, thought they
could look like a tree, and deceive the creator of everything. If your child
hid in his/her room among their blocks, books, and toys, would you be able to
recognize them, your own child, among the other things? Adam and Eve didn’t
look like trees and they certainly didn’t have branches with delicious fruit.
They deceived themselves into
thinking they could go unseen in the garden that was no longer their shelter,
their home. Listen again, they deceived themselves.
We
do the same thing. We don’t follow God’s plan for us: we don’t eat healthy
food; and we don’t make choices that serve Him and not ourselves. You fill in the
blank with all the other things we don’t do. Then, we all do the same thing. We
hide from the Lord God by cluttering our garden with excuses, among them, our
belief that we know what God wants for us when we haven’t even first gone to
Him in prayer. We deceive ourselves into believing that God will never find out
if we admit our poor choices to Him. We also deceive ourselves into believing
we still belong in the garden, the Kingdom, among believers when we no longer
look like them. Only disobedient children cover their eyes with their fingers
and believe they cannot be seen. Dear ones, we are the ones who can no longer
see the Lord who walks in the garden in the cool of the day. God has not hidden
from us. When we actually believe we can hide from Him, we have missed our
blessing, walking with Him “in the cool of the day.” Let us pray:
“Father,
LORD God, creator of the Garden and all who reside there in, I praise your Holy
name and thank you for each of the blessings you have given me. You had always
intended for me to walk with you in the garden and to dwell there in your safe
keeping. Forgive me when I have believed that I know, better than you, what is
best for me. May I spend this New Year in the garden with you. I know, the key
to the garden gate is one simple word, ‘Yes,’ and yet I try to find the
hard-way in. For 2015, LORD God, I say ‘Yes’ to you. Your son, my savior,
Jesus, stands just beyond the garden gate, waiting for me to let him in, so
that I may receive your blessing, of walking with you in the cool of the day.
In his precious name I pray. Amen”
Doris
"God gives us stories that testify to His love. Let me tell you
mine.”
Copyright 2015 Doris Gaines Rapp
Novelette:
News at Eleven (Glo Magazine Jan, Feb, March, and April 2015 – now
on newsstands and online at http://www.glo-mag.com/view-our-issues/ - page 50-51 
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