Did you do that?! 🤓

Heyyyyy y'all. How are you doing?! Smooth I hope. Me, I'm well rested and amused 😌. The Bible is pretty funny in some instances I tell you. Atleast the way I perceive it, it is.

I was reading in Genesis about when God punished Adam and Eve and the snake for convincing Eve to eat from the forbidden tree. Something that I read stood out to me this time and I had a good little internal chuckle. I'm not sure the enemy and his club members would find it funny but I surely did. Especially, once they realize they had options and still chose wrong smh.

In Genesis 3, we get the break down of the punishment for the first sin committed. Eating from the tree of knowledge. Eve (the woman) will suffer terribly in childbirth, Adam (the man) will struggle for a living due to the ground being cursed and the snake will have to crawl on the ground and eat dirt (Gen 3:14-19). These are the curses or consequences from eating the forbidden fruit.

In Genesis 2:9, it talks about how one tree gives life and the other the power to know right from wrong. These were the options the snake and Adam and Eve had to choose from. Yet, in the beginning of chapter 3 of Genesis Eve describes eating from the tree of knowledge as being similar to death. In other words, they had the option to choose between life or death in the garden of Eden. Isn't that something?!

What tickled me is knowing that in society today there are some dark individuals who would love to be able to live forever. They don't want to “go back” ( to hell I'm assuming), they don't want to die, they just want to live their life and travel or chase their dreams. Life really could've been so simple had the snake been just a little wiser. In the CEV of the Bible we see that after Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge God wanted to ensure that they never ate from the tree of life (Gen 3:19). Isn't that something?!

The enemy tricked Eve to eat from the “death” tree, ended up being cursed because of it and has now been running, well crawling for his life 🙃, trying to figure out how to live forever. 🫠😮‍💨😆 Am I the only one that finds that amusing?! Like come on, the tree of life was right there and you convinced God's creation to choose death and ended up being cursed with a deadline for death on your life. If that's not a Steve Urkel type situation idk what is 😆. (You've seen Family Matters right? 👀 Come on now don't ruin this joke for me 🧐)

Sometimes, we desire more than we need to chew. That's exactly what jammed up Adam and Eve. Eating the wrong thing. Desiring knowledge when they were living in a state of bliss. Abundantly at that. God loved them so much he had provided everything they needed. All they had to do was trust his provision and tell him thank you. Yet, Eve allowed herself to get entangled with that snake. She had the wrong influence in her ear. When she should have been listening to her husband.

Maybe this season, we don't need to be outside. It's cold out there anyways. 😆 But if you outside make sure you stay on the serpents neck. He not telling you nothing good anyways. It's your life he's after when you're already living. Choose life. Don't let the enemy trip you up.

Y'all be easy. Stay vigilant. Prayed up.

Love ya. Later,

Shya

We’re all Sinners Running Our Race..

What up peeps. New day, new blessings. Hope all is well with you on this lovely Sunday. Things my way have been pretty good. No major complaints. I wanted to come and chat with you all about being “sinners”. 👀 Touchy topic for some but let's dive in it.

Plain and simple…. We're all sinners. Yep, ALL of US ! The word tells us so in Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” We are all here because of sin. Yet, we don't have to stay in sin. We can choose to fight the good fight.

There are many temptations that are in this world. Many, many, yet, we can overcome.

I was reading thru the word and came across 1 John 2:16. This scripture highlights the things of the world and makes plain the struggles we face while here on earth. “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 of the world.” Could you relate to any of the things listed that you have or are struggling with? I know I could. Honestly, I've struggled with them all at some point in my life.

It's interesting just how much we can read the word and discover a new revelation each time we open it. God is an awesome and loving father. Sometimes we are not able to see it because we're too deep in the “circumstances” of life. We have allowed ourselves to be overcome with one of the three areas listed and we harden out hearts unknowingly. Lust is a beast that God is more than equipped to defeat if you just open your hands and give it to him.

The world has taught us to feed our desires. Taught us to idolize what others have and that has trapped quite a bit of people. We were created for more. Yet, the world will convince you if you let it, that “more” is only obtained outside of yourself. Lust causes you to look outwardly instead of learning to deal with yourself internally. Think about it. Your flesh is external. Your eyes look externally. Pride of life, whew, now that's all in when it comes to your “image”. Which is what people see on the outside.

When you are in the world you are dead in Christ (Ephesians 2:1). Lost. Running blindly not knowing that the Father is out searching for you. The one. When our desires are unquenched we thirst after everything that brings about destruction. Never being satisfied much like death and the grave (Prov 27:20). Yet, if we keep God close to us we won't try to satisfy our selfish desires (Romans 13:14).

If we allow our selfish desires to rule us we are chasing after a goal of wrath and punishment (Ephesians 2:3). However, that's not God's desire for our lives; we can overcome. So although we might all be sinners….we don't all have to succumb to the fate of wrath, death, punishment. We can choose to fight the good fight and live.

Y'all stay prayed up. Vigilant and sound minded. The devil is out prowling, seeking whom he may devour. Don't let it be you.

Love ya. Later.

Shya