The Forbidden Tree
Thursday, January 5, 2023
The Grass on the Othe Side of the Cherubim
There are many books about things that God didn't reveal in the Bible. Consider Eve eating the fruit of the tree in the Garden of Eden. God gave Adam and Eve every tree to eat from; only one did He forbid. Eve focused on that one outside of God's will and ate from it. Similarly, David had everything, but He focused on that one outside God's will--Bathsheba. Human nature has always been seeking life outside of God. We do it too. We tell ourselves that it is of God. Maybe it's just a little outside His will, but we still want to indulge in it. The truth is, there is nothing outside of Him. It's all in Him--every revelation, mystery, fullness of deity, true joy that lasts. Everything is in Him. Whatever you thought you wanted that was outside of God's will is not good. The only good is inside Him. Imagine how much we would have avoided if Adam and Eve stuck with all the trees of the garden instead of focusing on the one. The same with you. Stop focusing on what you don't have. Rejoice in what you do. Seek everything in Him.

Today's Mission
Don't be deceived by the "green grass on the other side of the fence..." it may contain a sinkhole of misery. Keep your eyes on Messiah and rejoice in your blessings and live!!!

John 1:3-5
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Everything was created through him; nothing—not one thing!— came into being without him. What came into existence was Life, and the Life was Light to live by. The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn’t put it out.

HAVE A BLESSED DAY AND WEEKEND!