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Garden Of Eden

/ Origin Of Joy 55

[Gen 2:1-14]

 / Anne's Faith Column 

 

 

/ By Priscilla

 

 

After creating humans, 

God rested on the seventh day

and He provided the

'Garden of Eden' for 

humans.

 

 

 

The Bible says that 

taking one day off a week 

is 'the resting of creation'.

 

 

 

However, there are times

when we get ahead 

of the Holy Spirit 

 

 

 

and our life is a series 

of exhaustion without 

any rest. 

 

 

 

Even though we feel close 

to God the Holy Spirit, 

 

 

 

we often lead a busy life, 

while leaving God the 

Holy Spirit at the entrance 

of the door

 

 

 

or in the opposite room, 

and take actions based 

upon humanism.

 

 

 

God breathed life into 

a human being, carried 

out the work of creation, 

and finally rested on

the seventh day.

 

 

 

Yet, after accepting the Lord,

how many times we have

 chosen to live a busy life 

 

 

 

in which we cannot 

even find any rest 

in our daily lives, 

 

 

 

even though we are 

children of God!

 

 

I feel strongly how 

difficult it is to control

myself without depending

on the Holy Spirit.

 

 

 

Living life without the help 

of the Holy Spirit is nothing more

than a life of repeating failures. 

 

 

That is why we need to ask for

the wisdom of the Lord even more.

 

 

What we, who are made 

in the image of God, have to 

to do is to keep the Sabbath, 

  which is the 7th day after

creation, 

 

 

 

holy, thinking about all

 the creative tasks that 

God has made for our lives 

in the Garden of Eden. 

 

 

 

And we are simply 

resting our minds

and bodies so that 

 

 

 

we thank God for His grace

and fully rest the day 

with the Lord.

 

 

 

Just like if you keep the bow

loaded all day long, it will

take more energy when

you actually want to

shoot the bow, 

 

 

 

if our body and mind 

are always in a  tension,

 

 

 

we cannot fully utilize 

 our energy when we want

to use our strength. 

 

 

 

Therefore, we must remember

that we must prepare

our minds enough to carry on

bigger things in order to live

a hopeful life on this earth 

 

 

 

according to the mission that

the Lord wants us to do in faith.

 

 

 

Then what should we do?

 

 

 

1) We must never go ahead

of the Holy Spirit.

 

 

 

We need to be free from 

the burdens of everyday life. 

So we must not neglect 

the life of following the

Word and instructions 

of the Lord all the time.

 

 

 

2) Thinking of God's love

for human history 

and the help of God 

the Holy Spirit, 

 

 

 

we must give thanks 

for God's will for humans

that was prepared in 

 the Garden of Eden. 

 

 

 

So we will have to constantly 

ask the Lord while living on

this earth so that we can

 understand God's will properly.

 

 

 

3) When we are promoted

to divine lives according to 

God's providence rather 

than human lives

 

 

 

according to our

own thoughts,

 

 

 

finally, as Paul says, 

we will live exalted 

and noble lives.

 

 

 

Then, what attitude 

should we take toward

  God's infinite love for us?

 

 

 

(1) We must always remember

the love of God, who gave

humans the 'Garden of Eden',

a source of joy and a  hotbed 

of milk and honey.

 

 

 

Therefore, as creatures, 

human beings, what we 

have to do is, 

 

 

 

as King Solomon said, that

 

 

 

"living in the fear of God is 

the fundamental human duty."

(Pro 31:30)

 

 

 

2) We must strive to know

more about the heart 

of the Father who allowed 

the Garden of Eden,

 

 

 

walk with the Holy Spirit, 

and live in harmony with 

 the Lord so that we can

rest with peace of mind.

 

 

 

Prayer

 

 

Lord!

 

 

Grant us a spiritual fruit 

to re-establish the

Garden of Eden, 

 

 

 

the source of joy, and

give us rest in You!

 

 

 

The more I get to know

the deep love of the Lord,

 

 

 

the more I realize that 

the eternal resting place 

  is in the arms of the Lord.

 

 

 

In the midst

of the harsh world, 

lead us to take rest 

in the arms of the Lord, 

 

 

 

the eternal resting place, 

and to deal with the 

present and the future!

 

 

 

Amen.

 

 

 

 

2009/11/02

 

 

/ By Priscilla