In the Garden

Gen 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

Have you ever sit and thought about how beautiful the Garden of Eden must have been.  God created a perfect environment for man and woman to abide in.  The only job was to dress the garden and to keep it.  There were apparently fruit trees in abundance in the garden.  God said of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat.  I would imagine that every type of good fruit tree known to man probably existed in the garden.  Everything that man needed to make him happy was there in the wonderful environment that God had created for him.  We know from the Scriptures that God came and walked with man in the garden in the cool of the day.  What a wonderful place.  Man didn't have to worry about his safety, his well being, his peace or happiness.  God Himself was there to meet every need that man had.  It truly was paradise on earth.  Walking and talking with God in the cool of the day in a beautiful paradise.

Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. 

God had created a perfect environment for man out of His love for him.  God instructed Adam that he was not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  If he disobeyed God he would surely die.

We're so quick to criticize Adam and Eve for their disobedience and sin and the resulting paradise lost.  If we were honest with ourselves we would have to admit that we're just like Adam and Eve.  God has blessed us so much more than we could ever deserve.  He has given us homes, families, friends, jobs and so many other wonderful things and all He asks of us is obedience and we refuse to give it to Him.  We turn our backs on God and selfishly declare that we will live our lives the way that we see fit.  We will do it our way and not God's way.  How it must break the very heart of God that He has given us so much and we give so little in return.