Seize the day and live

God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, He placed them there to walk with Him to have a relationship with Him, to flourish, raise children and populate the Earth, to manage all that He created. He had a purpose for their lives.

Just as God placed Adam and Eve in the garden, He has placed each of us in our environment to flourish, to walk with Him, to know Him more, to raise our children, teach them His ways, to manage all that He has given us as good stewards.

We like Adam and Eve squander the riches of God blessings for a bite of sin, we look for satisfaction in others, in our work, in things forsaking God in the garden He put us in.

Jesus though when He was here was always about His Fathers business, He sought God His Father every day, He served those around Him by serving His Father, and when Jesus was tempted in the Garden of Gethsemane, He said not my will but your will to God the Father, crushing the rebellion of sin as our example.

So the question comes as this, whatever Garden we are in God has put us there, will we respond like Adam and Eve, and ignore God’s commands, or will we respond like Jesus and say thy will be done Father on earth as it is in heaven, and obey His commands?

God wants us to flourish where He put us, He calls us to a relationship with Him, He gives us the Holy Spirit to lead us and comfort us, and He gave us Jesus, who lived as the example of how we are to live our lives.

So let us seize the day, embrace the place God has put us, and live the rest of our days as God has purposed our lives.

Start today there's no greater joy we will have than sharing the gospel with someone or giving of ourselves for the sake of the gospel. One day our call will be complete and no longer with words will be able to share the love and truth of the gospels, so today as you enter it take every opportunity to seize the day and share Jesus.

God’s word says this:

“Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.” So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female. God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.” Genesis‬ ‭1:26-28‬ ‭CSB‬‬

“Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden. But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’” “No! You will not die,” the serpent said to the woman. “In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. So the Lord God called out to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” And he said, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.” Genesis‬ ‭3:1-10‬ ‭CSB‬‬

“He went out and made his way as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. When he reached the place, he told them, “Pray that you may not fall into temptation.” Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and began to pray, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me — nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” Then an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. Being in anguish, he prayed more fervently, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground. When he got up from prayer and came to the disciples, he found them sleeping, exhausted from their grief. “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you won’t fall into temptation.” Luke‬ ‭22:39-46‬ ‭CSB‬‬

“Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all people, because all sinned. In fact, sin was in the world before the law, but sin is not charged to a person’s account when there is no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam’s transgression. He is a type of the Coming One. But the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man’s trespass the many died, how much more have the grace of God and the gift which comes through the grace of the one man Jesus Christ overflowed to the many. And the gift is not like the one man’s sin, because from one sin came the judgment, resulting in condemnation, but from many trespasses came the gift, resulting in justification. Since by the one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ. So then, as through one trespass there is condemnation for everyone, so also through one righteous act there is justification leading to life for everyone. For just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so also through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. The law came along to multiply the trespass. But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness, resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans‬ ‭5:12-21‬ ‭CSB‬‬

“Not that I have already reached the goal or am already perfect, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead, I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus. Therefore, let all of us who are mature think this way. And if you think differently about anything, God will reveal this also to you. In any case, we should live up to whatever truth we have attained. Join in imitating me, brothers and sisters, and pay careful attention to those who live according to the example you have in us. For I have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame. They are focused on earthly things, but our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly wait for a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of his glorious body, by the power that enables him to subject everything to himself.”Philippians‬ ‭3:12-21‬ ‭CSB‬‬