Genesis 3:1-2
1Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild
animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did
God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The
woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,
Reflection:
Last week we learned that we have a God who speaks to us but many times we fail
to trust what God says. Many times our distrust of God’s words are the same as
the serpent’s manipulative question, “Did God really say?” This is not to say
that we cannot question, but we need to recognize the source of the question.
This question questions both God’s character, whether God is a good God or a
bad God, and questions God’s authority. You see the serpent tries to limit the
idea that they can eat from no tree, when Adam and Eve had been given the whole
garden. How do you think examining the source of our questions for God’s word
could help us to trust God?
