A garden in Eden

“And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.”

In His wisdom and grace the LORD God gave us a complete record of the process of creation. He left nothing out and handed the record to Adam so that he could understand what God had done. However, when God finished the entire process we read that He rested. The LORD God rested because His creation was very good and there was nothing left to do. The LORD God was not tired in any way from the work of creation but He knew that, one day, some of His creatures would be tired so He set aside a day of rest. This is still not the end of the story. Why did God go through this whole process? He planted a garden eastward in Eden and put the man there. God had a plan and a purpose and this involved supplying the man He had formed with everything that He needed and giving him a purpose as well. This sets the pattern for God relationship with every person on earth. Within the context of the curse, which came later, the Lord God always supplies His people with everything they need, more than enough, and gives each one of us a purpose to live for as well. Our job is just to make sure that we do all that we can to appreciate the majesty and greatness of our God and lift up His Name in everything that we do.

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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)