Women in the Bible - Eve

    Before Eve was formed, God commanded Adam not to eat from the tree of the garden.  Adam knew better yet he still ate of the fruit.   “And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;  but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”  Genesis 2:16-17  

    “And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.  And Adam said this is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”  Genesis 2:21-24

    Eve was active with the world around her.  She explored the garden, dialogued with the devil, ate the forbidden fruit, and liked it enough to share with Adam.  Adam allowed Eve to persuade him to eat the forbidden fruit.  This was his first big mistake.  If only both Adam and Eve had obeyed God our lives today would be quite different.

    If we can learn anything from them, we know we are God’s people, and are to be about his business doing what He has called us to do.   We each one have a purpose to fulfill. 

   We are to obey God and move forward serving Him.  Then and only then can we become the servants of the most high accomplishing His plan. And is there any greater reward than this?  

Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.”    Ephesians 6:7-8       

   Joel Osteen wrote in Your Best Life Now, “It is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one.” 

   God had blessed Adam and Eve with all they would ever need.  But it was not enough.  They had two sons Cain and Abel - Cain killed Abel because of jealously.  Read, meditate, and study the book of Genesis to learn more about Eve.

     Women can be both creative and destructive.  The story of Eve teaches us to weigh our choices carefully. Use wisdom with our desires.