Fulfillment amidst Pain

 Genesis 3:6-12

Matthew 26:36-39

Romans 8:13-14

Proverbs 3:5-6

In eating the forbidden fruit Adam and Eve Genesis (3:6-12) resisted the will of God for their life and took upon themselves the will of the fresh triggered by the enticement of the material glory of this world.

The instruction that God gave Adam and Eve was never to eat from the tree that gives the knowledge of good and bad.

Metaphorically this tree along with its fruit represented the will of the fresh which is a platform that the devil uses to sabotage the relationship between God and man.

The devil is an adversary to the spirit and soul of man ever working in full drive to bring mankind unto destruction.

As long as Adam and Eve were not partakers of the forbidden fruit everything in regards to their relationship with God was all but doing great.

However the moment they were enticed by the grandiose beauty and attraction of the fruit being aided by the manipulative words of the devil then all hell broke loose.

It’s interesting to note that before Adam and Eve partook of the forbidden fruit they both lacked the sensual perception in relationship to their environment.

They were in control of their environment but the environment around them was never with the capacity to control them nor entice them.

Adam and Eve were the center of attraction in their world with everything standing still in awe of their glorious splendor.

Nothing in their environment was able to persuade their disposition because Adam and Eve were the center of attraction just as God was the center of Adam and Eve’s attraction.

Sooner than later, at the eating of the forbidden fruit everything changed for Adam and Eve and this was underlined by the fact that their sensual perception emerged to the degree of overtaking their spiritual awareness.

Adam and Eve walked throughout their environment being covered by God and not needing any material covering in their life.

But the moment they took the forbidden fruit that was the moment when the cover of God was taken away from them and once that was done they perceived the idea of nakedness

Prior eating the forbidden fruit Adam and Eve were never cognizant of the fact that they were naked.

This is so because as long as they were walking according to the knowledge of God and the will of the father (desire of God) both Adam and Eve were covered and safe from the exposure of the world which requires one to take glory in material things whose ending is nothing but absolute vanity.

In walking according to the will and knowledge of God both Adam and Eve understood that nothing is comparable to the eternal glory of God Almighty.

Embarrassment is a sense of being naked while nakedness is a state of being without cover in regards to what infuses shame.

After falling short of the will of God for their lives both Adam and Eve lost the covering of God and the next time God came in the cool of the day to visit Adam and eve as it was his practice, both Adam and Eve hid away from God.

They hid from God because they were embarrassed due to their naked status.

Undoubtedly God knew that the reason why they felt naked is because they had lost the cover of God due to their decision to abandon the will and knowledge as given to them by God.

Indeed and in fact both Adam and Eve abandoned the will and knowledge of God because of their decision to eat the forbidden fruit.

In their helplessness God did not abandon Adam and Eve even though both Adam and Eve had abandoned the will of God.

Once you pursue the will and Knowledge of God in order to fulfill the will and knowledge of God you will certainly never be naked because the grace of God shall cover you.

However once you chose to seek not and fulfill not the will and knowledge of God your life shall forever be in pursuit of material glory whose end is vanity without satisfaction and fulfillment.

Jesus had no business in the Garden of Gethsemane however because of his desire to fulfill the will and knowledge of God he found himself in the Garden of Gethsemane crying and sweating tears of blood.

The tears of blood represent and reflect the intensity of the decision that Jesus had to make in order to deny his will and knowledge so as to do the will of the father.

“If this cup can pass away from me let it pass away,” (words from Jesus reflecting his will), but never the less not my will but your will be done (words of Jesus reflecting surrender to the will of God against the will of his flesh).

In the old Testament Story of Adam and Eve man fell from the place of obedience unto God by submitting unto the will of his flesh and abandoning the will and knowledge of God.

However in the New Testament Story of Jesus while in the Garden of Gethsemane man is being restored back to the place of obedience unto God through the act of Jesus when he abandons his own will so as to follow the will and knowledge of God amidst pain.

And moments later Jesus is hanging on the cross in deep pain but amidst that pain is a sense of great fulfillment in regards to his destiny and purpose.

For a truth, many times than not abandoning the will of the flesh and the knowledge of the same in order to follow the will and knowledge of God can bring you great pain but amidst that great pain they will be a fulfillment of destiny and purpose.

 The Bible out rightly decrees in Romans 8:13-14, :For all who are led by the spirit of God are the sons  God’ -this means that you only considered a son of God the moment you submit yourself unto the direction, guide, and the leading of the spirit of God which is the very same will of God.

However to be led by the spirit of God comes with a decision to go against the desires of your very own heart as well as the will of your flesh.

And the decision to go against the desires of your will is indeed a painful decision to make but it also brings eternal fulfillment.

Once you decide to walk according to the will of God you choose the knowledge of God without considering your very own will.

For the Bible says in Proverbs 3:5-6  Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; 6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.…  that blessed is a man that acknowledges the Lord in all his ways and depends not to his own understanding.

Depending on your own understanding will bring you temporal joy and pleasure but depending on the plans of God for your life as well as your submission to God will bring you fulfillment and great eternal joy.