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Man’s First Job…

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Genesis Two….Verses 4-20….

   The writer of Genesis now gives a resume of creation and adds a few more interesting facts. Notice that in verse 5 it says that every bit of vegetation was made and THEN planted….our God is a Master Gardener!

   Rain was unknown then….mists kept the ground damp. We are told in verse 7 that man was made from something, the dust of the earth. This is in  contrast to all other creation which came into being from nothing, as God spoke,. God made this man and then breathed into his nostrils, not just oxygen, but the breath of life, the capacity of eternal life. Every baby that is born will live for ever somewhere!

   God planted a special garden with every sort of shade and fruit tree for this man to enjoy. Among these were two trees that God specifically told him he was not to touch….the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life.

    It may surprise you to know that working for one’s living is part of God’s plan for humanity. In fact, being able to work and enjoy the results of it, is spoken of as being one of God’s gifts to man,  (Ecclesiastes 3:13). Here,  man was given the job of looking after this garden as well as naming all of the animals and birds. What a variety of these, there were!

   The land was described and the four great rivers that came from Eden to water that part of the world reminds us of God’s provision for man’s spiritual needs as well as his physical needs. Christ is the Water of Life, and in the book of Revelation we see the great River of Life that flows from God’s throne with the tree of life growing there for the healing of the nations, which must be the spiritual healing since all disease and sickness has already been done away with.

God planted His garden and made it complete, With rivers and mist to dampen the heat, Everything perfect, with sin never known, God’s greatness and power to all clearly shown.

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Morning Musings

Technology, a Gift from God.

01God Has a Purpose for Your Phone…..
    Technology is a gift from God. When we read the Bible, we find that at the beginning of time, God created two people, naked and alone in a beautiful garden, and gave them a worldwide task: to spread out across this world and exercise dominion over it. In order to do that, they would need to invent technologies.
If they were going to plant and harvest crops to feed their family, they would first need to invent a plough. If they were going to spread out across the earth to settle countries and build cities, they would need to invent bridges and boats. In that way, technology is good. Technology is a means through which we can carry out the very purpose for which God created us.
Then, when Jesus was on this earth, he gave his people a new job description that is meant to go along with the first. He told us to take the gospel, the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ, into all the world. And again, one of the ways we do so is through inventing and using technologies. No wonder, then, that Christians are always paying attention when a new technology shakes the world. Every technology is an opportunity.
When you understand the orders God has given you, you see that God has great purposes in mind for your technologies, and even your smartphone. That phone can be used to organize your life better so you can accomplish more of the things that matter most; it can be used to communicate with others so you can speak good news into their lives; it can be used to read the Bible and list your prayers; it can be used in hundreds of ways that serve the purposes God has given you. Thank God for our smartphones!
Satan Has a Purpose for Your Phone….
Unfortunately, there is far more to the story. No sooner did God create man and give him this worldwide mission than man fell into sin. Adam and Eve determined they would disobey God, and when they did that, they brought sin into this world. Technology did not escape unscathed. It, too, exists in this fallen world. This reality means that every technology, including your new phone, can be used to do things that are evil. God has purposes for your phone, but so does Satan.
Because this is a world caught up in a great cosmic battle between good and evil, every new technology enters into the fight. Every technology brings some benefits and some risks. For every good thing your phone can do, there are other evil things it can do.
You will have the choice before you every day and every moment — will you use it for good or for evil? Will you use it to carry out the tasks God has given you, or will you use it to hinder those tasks? Will you use your phone to serve God or to serve Satan? Thank God for your smartphone, but plead with him for wisdom to use it well.
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