Return to the
Garden
BIn all God calls us to , we must realize that there are practical steps that must be taken . Our main focus upon this earth is to be changed back into the image of God . It is in this place that we lose the identity which is called our ‘ old life ’.
Jesus said , “ follow Me ” and leave everything behind . These are still words of truth that we should be adhering to . In other , words , the words that prepared Jesus ’ disciples are also the same words that will prepare us to become like Him today . See Luke 14:25-35 .
Therefore , our call is as it has always been , to pursue the Lord , which in reality leads us out of man ’ s world and what he thinks his time is . Every breath we breathe , to every step we
take belongs to the Lord who gives us life daily . Which is why in covenant relationship we allow God to measure our steps , so we can again walk in the Kingdom with Him .
Our call continues to be one of the most basic principles in any given relationship . We must truly come full circle to get back into the place Adam and Eve once knew . That place where they spent everyday walking with the Lord , which is the pathway that leads us back into our Promised Land that is also called Rest . See Hebrews 4 .
As we spend time relationally with God , the atmosphere of His Kingdom continually changes us , as it did when the disciples followed Jesus . In fact , they followed Jesus back into God ’ s presence , where they were prepared for His promised inheritance .
Revelation 21:7 and Acts 1:4 speaks of this inheritance which is still available to those who follow the Lord .
Worshiping Him , spending time in prayer or focusing our attention upon His voice and heart , will all lead us deeper into the garden , the kingdom of God .
You see , when Adam and Eve fell into lucifer ’ s trap by eating fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil , they actually bit into satan ’ s realm called fallen time . It is the fallen realm man has continued to believe in , the great deception that causes man to think all he has is his time to make money , so that he can build and live like the rest of the world . However , we have always been
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