God Will Provide

And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers. Genesis 2:8-10

God is now providing everything necessary for His creation to be able to survive and thrive as a living being. The garden of Eden was a real, physical place at this time. It was literally a paradise on earth. In fact, the word for this garden in the Greek version of the Old Testament is paradeison, the word we get our English word paradise from. God made sure that all the senses of man were going to be engaged in wonderful sensing in this place. Notice how the trees were not only "good for food," but also were made, "pleasant to the sight." And not just one or two or three trees were provided, but "every tree" that could bear incredibly edible fruit! He also saw to it that the man would never have to worry about devising and maintaining irrigation. God created the irrigation of one large water source which divided into four rivers to provide abundant water for this special garden.

The love of God is shown to His finest and highest creation with this perfect provision for the physical part of man. He will provide later for the emotional and spiritual parts of man as well, but that is for another piece. Know here that God is beginning a work that He has never stopped. He is making sure that man has the best provisions available to himself.


Your Joyfully Loquacious Believer,
LEE