There is a spiritual dimension and reality to the world we live in. Life is not the interactivity of materials. Whoever will live wisely on earth must understand the odds he is up against. Man fell in Eden, but the consequences of his fall is through all humanity eternal. Man is involved in an endless war with his environment. So many of the disasters we battle come from our fallen and decaying environment.
Man’s submission of loyalty to Satan in Eden gave access to demons and agents of Satan into the human body, our airspace, water, trees – the physical environment. On top of that, some men sell their souls to the devil for fear of death and the greed for the mundane things of life.
The frustration of life, the cry of the barren, the pains of infants and orphans, the inexplicable setbacks, wanton waste of lives and destinies, sudden terror and congenital disabilities are echoes from the Eden episode.
Satan used three weapons against Eve in the garden. He appealed to the woman’s sense of taste (the woman saw that the tree was good for food), sense of sight (pleasing to the eyes), and sense of worth (desirable for gaining wisdom).
These three weapons have become the world view. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world; if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away and the lust thereof; but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.
Satan has a way of waiting for us at decisive points and times in life. It could be when in school or at a point to make marital decisions, or decisions on career or where to live. Sometimes, we decide for toxic relationships. Such decisions hurt so badly that even time doesn’t not ease the pains. Sometimes, it is the decision of other people in the past that haunts us today.
There is nothing God can do about your past, but He can do something with it. God can re-interpret your past. He can restore failed lives. He can help you to recover wasted times.
Sometimes, we are haunted by unspeakable terrible things we have done in the past. God cannot undo what we have done, but He definitely forgives and offers us a fresh start. There is a divine law of rebounds that turns utmost mess to message. God’s invisible hand can still weave your life into a beauty to behold. The Potter’s fingers still put broken pieces together. Even felled trees can blossom again, and dry bones become an exceeding great army. You can smile again.
Since Eden, man has consistently rejected God. His history is full of violence, curses, senseless killings and wars, injustice, rebellion, bloodshed, human sacrifice, cruelty, value crisis, infanticide, genocide, and all kinds of evil. Ideologies come and go; philosophies do not last. Psychological therapies have not answered the questions. Man’s technological breakthroughs and advancements only pose more serious value questions.
There is no other name under heaven given unto men whereby we can be saved except the name of Jesus. The ultimate deliverance is the deliverance from sin. Anyone living in constant rebellion is in danger of eternity in hell. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. If thou shall believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, thou shall be saved (Romans 10:9-10).
