Today I have the two simple but crucial words of Trust and Obey. Adam and Eve did not trust that God had their interests at heart when He gave them everything in the Garden of Eden except access to the tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil, warning Adam that they would surely die if they did. Instead they believed Satan when he said that God was in fact wanting to deprive them. Through their lack of trust in God, and their disobedience, Adam and Eve were no longer able to remain in the Garden of Eden with access to the Tree of Life. We now have the opportunity of trusting and obeying God again when He tells us that He sent His son Jesus to restore us to eternity and the Tree of Life. This time He is not forbidding us but calling us to receive from the tree as represented by the Cross. What are we to receive? His grace. This means free restoration to a relationship with God and eternal life through Jesus's perfect life on earth from beginning to end. God offered something wonderful to Adam and Eve but they didn't believe Him and lost it. We can't trust and obey (receive) unless we believe. Ask God's Holy Spirit to help you believe.
