Gen 3:23
Therefore
the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from
whence he was taken.
The Lord sent
Adam from the garden HE had created for him to a different land where he was
going to establish a NEW garden.
Although Adam lost out on a garden already prepared by the Lord for him,
the Lord was giving Adam an opportunity to start over.
Our God is a
God who disciplines us because He is a great father. Although He deals with us, He deals with us
with mercy. He gives us the resources
and opportunities to do things right.
Adam could have focused on the banishment and not set out to start over
but the Lord wasn’t through with Adam yet.
When the Lord deals with us we must remember that the consequences we
face are always accompanied with mercies and new beginnings.
Our God loves
to show Himself as a God who, not only deals with our sin by inevitable
consequences but will be with us as we start over even if takes more work than
it could have. Our God doesn’t just send
us away from certain blessings we might have remained in had we not sinned, but
to a new place where we can still enjoy His fellowship and presence regardless
of where we end up.
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