Genesis 3:1-13
Turning
points, and the decisions that lead up to them, come in all sizes and shapes;
some barely noticeable while others are life changing.
For
instance, between my sophomore and junior year of college I had two summer
opportunities to choose from. The most exciting was to go to California as a
summer intern for Campus Crusade for Christ. The second was to go to East
Lansing, Michigan, find a job and participate in a local church sponsored discipleship
training program. I chose the latter.
As
a result, I changed colleges, degrees and careers; met my wife, started our
family and bought our first house. The impact of that small, barely noticeable
decision to go to East Lansing for the summer, literally changed my life.
James
wrote how decisions that starts small and seemingly insignificant, can have an
adverse life changing effect. 15 “Then,
after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is
full-grown, gives birth to death.” This is the pattern of Adam and Eve. Unfortunately,
it is our pattern too. It all started in the Garden of Eden.
The serpent was the
craftiest of all the creatures the Lord God had made. So the serpent came to
the woman. “Really?” he asked. “None
of the fruit in the garden? God says you mustn’t eat any of it?”
2-3 “Of course we may eat it,” the woman told him. “It’s only the
fruit from the tree at the center
of the garden that we are not to eat. God says we mustn’t eat it or even touch
it, or we will die.”
4 “That’s a lie!” the serpent hissed. “You’ll not die! 5 God
knows very well that the instant you eat it you will become like him, for your
eyes will be opened—you will be able to distinguish good from evil!” TLB
This
conversation in the Garden was absolutely a turning point, not just for Adam
and Eve, but also for you and me. As a result of their decision, our lives
would never be perfect; our relationships would always have pain and suffering;
our faith in God would always include failure...
Every
day is another turning point in your life. What decisions will you make today?
Will you choose life, or will you choose death?
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