Life Is A Symphony

Even if you're not a Christian, most people know the story of Adam and Eve from the book of Genesis. God created the Garden of Eden where Adam and Eve were to live and said in Genesis 2:16b-17, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 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.” That seems like pretty simple instructions right? You can eat ALL of this, but not the fruit from that one specific tree. What that tells me is that from the beginning, God gave us a simple choice and that's to obey Him or disobey Him. Unfortunately for all of us, Adam and Eve chose to disobey God after they were tempted by Satan in the form of a serpent.

Some of you might be wondering why would God have created the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the first place? Think about it this way, if your friends were only your friends because they had no other choice, would their love mean anything at all to you? Love is so much more powerful when it's a conscious choice. God wants our obedience and our love. He's not looking for us to follow Him out of obligation. Everyday we have to make the decision to follow God, or not follow Him by obeying what He commands of us. How are you doing with that? I know I could be doing better. It's the little decisions that ultimately affect our personal walk with Christ.