Tuesday
Read Genesis 2:15-17 and 3:1-7
15 Then the Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate
it and guard it. 16He said to him, “You may eat the fruit of any
tree in the garden, 17except the tree that gives knowledge of what
is good and what is bad.k You must not eat the fruit of that tree;
if you do, you will die the same day.”
3
Now the snake was the most cunning animal that the Lord God had made. The snake asked the woman, “Did God
really tell you not to eat fruit from any tree in the garden?”
2 “We may eat the fruit of any tree
in the garden,” the woman answered, 3“except the tree in the middle
of it. God told us not to eat the fruit of that tree or even touch it; if we
do, we will die.”
4 The snake replied, “That’s not
true; you will not die. 5God said that, because he knows that when
you eat it you will be like Godm and know what is good and what is
bad.”n
6 The woman saw how beautiful the
tree was and how good its fruit would be to eat, and she thought how wonderful
it would be to become wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she
gave some to her husband, and he also ate it. 7As soon as they had
eaten it, they were given understanding and realized that they were naked; so
they sewed fig leaves together and covered themselves.
Think
"Now the snake was the most cunning animal that the LORD God had
made." - Genesis 3:1
Snakes hide in the branches of our lives, they look like they belong - but
it turns out they are filled with poison and pain.
Pray
Lord - help me to identify the snakes that live in my thought trees. Let me not be tricked by the deceiver. Let me put my trust in you for wisdom and
grace.
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