In Matt 26:36-46 Jesus goes to the olive grove called Gethsemane to pray.
This is the only time in his earthly journey that the son of God shows fear.
What was Jesus afraid of?
Jesus was afraid of feeling God's wrath.
Jesus had never felt God's anger directed at him.
Jesus prayed three times that God would not ask him to do this one thing.
Jesus faced his fear and did what his Father wanted him to do.
Through my journey to overcome my own worldliness and make it through my spiritual wilderness, I have learned to overcome many things that I used to fear.
More than a few times it has taken being reminded of Christ Jesus' example to get me through my fears.
There is one last fear to overcome.
That is the fear of sharing what God, Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit have taught me.
If I am to be real from the inside out and play my role within the one true church, I have to overcome this fear.
Father tells me that if big brother, Christ Jesus, can overcome his fear...I can too.
So let's start here...
Like any good book without understanding the beginning and the end you can't truly appreciate the whole story.
Where are you?
You are in a beautiful place where all your needs are provided for...there is gorgeous plant life, all the animals you could ever want or love, there's never any bad weather, always plenty to eat and drink. To top it off you have the perfect partner.
Where are you?
God has shown me that I am in heaven. In the story presented in Gen 1-3 it is called the garden of Eden.
What happened?
God created Adam and Eve in his image...Right? God looked at everything he created. He called it excellent.
What happened?
There was only one rule that God gave Adam and Eve. They were not to eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Gen 2:17 "...if you eat of it's fruit, you will surely die." They ate of the fruit.
Why?
Let's look a little closer at Adam and Eve.
What didn't God give Adam and Eve?
When God's Holy Spirit opened my eyes to see more in the first three chapters of His living word the answer was....knowledge, experience, wisdom and maturity.
Adam and Eve were the first humans.
They had no knowledge of good and evil.
They had no experience with good and evil.
They had no wisdom to discern between good and evil.
They had no maturity.
They were both childlike and childish having never faced any adversity.
They had no memory to call upon.
When I understood what God was showing me, it blew my mind and opened up the Bible in a whole new way.
That's where we all begin as babies.
Ask God to show you the truth.
Read it with him teaching you.
What do you think?
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