In the very beginning after God created the Heavens and the Earth. After God created man he put him in the Garden of Eden. He then gave Adam his first command:
Genesis 2:16-17 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 of it you will surely die."
Well, we know what happened after that. Mankind experienced spiritual death and separation from God because of original sin. I wonder how many wonderful things there were in the garden, and still Adam and Eve wanted more.
How about us? Why do we think we need more? If we had control over ourselves, we could eat freely. We would enjoy food but not suffer consequences. God desires for us to be free. But even in the garden with freedom, Adam and Eve were created to live in obedience. He put the tree there and commanded that they do not eat from it.
God desires to give us all we need. He made the Earth full of good things for us to enjoy. We need to train ourselves to be satisfied in Him. To live in obedience and have control. We can not do this on our own strength, we must depend on Him.
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