Is To PROTECT Us

Genesis 2:16-17 says  And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,  but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Here's a depiction of the Tree of Knowledge of Good/Evil at Disney, and while I am pretty certain this isn't what the tree GOD created and placed in the Garden of Eden, I believe it accomplishes or communicates the  appeal the tree had to have in order to get Eve's attention.  I don't envision that tree looking like the Charlie Brown Christmas tree with it's bare, depressing limbs.  

So GOD has created the literal perfect world......Adam & Eve have been placed in a place that has absolutely everything they could need.   After all GOD spent time creating for them, He chooses to also inform them that there is ONE stipulation, one rule, one WORD of advice and that is to not eat of....this one tree.  WHY?  Because He desired to see that they were truly devoted to Him, and thta they would choose to enjoy everything else and leave that one thing alone.  We know the story....and here we are today.

GOD still has placed many of us in a situation where WE like Adam & Eve have been abundantly provided for, but He asks that we don't:  choose the ONE THING that can cause us death.   WHAT IS YOUR ONE THING?  Is is pornography?  Is it drugs/alcohol?  Is it lying/cheating someone?  Is it glorfiying you, and not Him?  Is it adultery?  Whatever IT is, like eating from the Tree of KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL, it will cause your death.  That bite of _____________________ is not going to make you smarter, it will make you sorry.   Ask the people that are dying of lung cancer if they wish they never smoked.  Or the people who praying for a liver/kidney after years of drinking.   Or ask the divorced father/mother who are now lonely because of an affair.   Or ask the felon if stealing was worth being locked up, and abused in prison.   GOD's WORD is enough, it's not a book about rules, but rather about relationships....and my prayer is that you choose to enjoy ALL THAT GOD HAS PROVIDED FOR YOU and forsake the ONE thing that SATAN is trying to tempt you with.  So what does this mean, love on your kids, your wife, your blessing from GOD, your very LIFE, and tell SATAN where to GO with his ONE thing.  TRUST that the ONE thing will not bless you, but rather curse you.   STAY FOCUSED FRIENDS.......LGLP

P.S. - Joshua 1:7
Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.