Genesis 2:5-9- 5 No shrub of the field had yet grown on the land, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not made it rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground. 7 Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being. 8 The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there He placed the man He had formed.9 The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:17,19 - 17 And He said to Adam… "The ground is cursed because of you. You will eat from it by means of painful labor all the days of your life. 19 You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground, since you were taken from it. For you are dust, and you will return to dust.”
Genesis 2:15-17 - 15 The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree of the garden, 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.”
Genesis 2:15-17 - 15 The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree of the garden, 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.”
DECEPTION FEEDS DESIRE.
DESIRE BREEDS DISCONTENTMENT.
DISCONTENTMENT LEADS TO DISOBEDIENCE.
Genesis 3:8-9 - 8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and they hid themselves from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 So the Lord God called out to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”
Genesis 3:21-23 - 21 The Lord God made clothing out of skins for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them. 22 The Lord God said, “Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever.” 23 So the Lord God sent him away from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.
IN THE WILDERNESS:
GOD’S PRESENCE REMAINS.
GOD’S PROVISION REMAINS.
GOD PROMISES TO REDEEM US.
REASONS AS WE ENTER INTO A WILDERNESS SEASON.
WILDERNESS OF PURPOSE — God shaping you for something ahead.
WILDERNESS OF PEOPLE — broken relationships, conflict, betrayal.
WILDERNESS OF THE PAST — wounds, mistakes, regrets.
WILDERNESS OF PAIN — grief, suffering, trauma.
WILDERNESS OF PRIDE — our own sin, ego, or resistance.
IN THE WILDERNESS YOU CAN CHOOSE TO BE TRANSFORMED BY GOD OR DEFORMED BY SIN.
