Father Knows Best

It’s easy to judge Adam and Eve for taking the only thing that was forbidden them, when they had such a lavish garden as the Garden of Eden. We think, “Oh what a shame!” And we also conclude about other people too, “If only he or she had not done such and such.” Some of us even think if we had been in the same situation, we might have chosen differently, but would we? Similarly to Adam and Eve I surely might die if I do not do what is best for me. Even with that knowledge, I am tempted to eat what I should not eat.

God gave us free will in order for us to choose Him and to learn from Him. Another way to describe our interaction with God is a two-way relationship. Two-way interaction makes a relationship. I have found when I am told I cannot have something, my human nature desires that very thing. In fact, Paul mentions this concept in Romans 7 with his conflict within his inner thoughts.

Like Adam and Eve not doing what was best for them, I also am in the dilemma of not choosing what is best for me. I sometimes do not take care of my health and ignore God when He says it’s His temple. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)

Our Heavenly Father (our daddy), truly does know best. For our protection, He has given us His laws, Biblical stories, and the wisdom of the outcome of the life of others to reveal to us a life of abundance and a life that abides in Him. The question of the forbidden fruit was not a question of mere health or food, it was a question of obedience. Keep in perspective that God gave all of us: one way back to a relationship with Him, and that is through Jesus Christ His only Son. (John 3:16) Jesus is the only one with the knowledge of good and evil and yet without sin. (Hebrews 4:15) God provides for us even in our disobedience, just like he provided Adam and Eve with clothing and a promise of a way back to Him.

With Much Joy,
©Darla J. Smith
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