She Ate, She Shared

Genesis 3 cont’d:

 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Here we see that the woman now turns from believing and trusting with her heart, to looking and seeing with her physical eyes.  She looks at the “forbidden fruit” and it pleases her.  She had listened to what the serpent told her about gaining wisdom by eating it, and she believed him instead of God.

Herein lies Eve’s demise.

When we trade the truth of what God says with the lies of what we’ve heard, we then start to turn from seeing things spiritually to seeing things only physically, and we know what happens then.

Any physical lust or greed always brings about destruction.  It happens in marriages when the husband or wife begins to look with their eyes at others, with desire.  It happens in homes when a mom or dad begins to see their need and go after it, by stealing or working and neglecting their families, because they no longer see that God is their provider – so they take what they see and quit hoping and trusting.  It happens when we lose spiritual sight of who God calls us to be – at one with Him and his purposes – and we only see horizontally and go after what lies just ahead on the street, even if it’s roadkill and a car is coming at us fast.

Eve gave in to her physical sight and desires.  And she shared it with her husband who took it, as well.

Sin always affects us – and then someone near us – and the results are devastating.