God is the Master Gardener
‘Listen’ to the description of what trees the LORD God planted in the Garden of Eden:
(NASB) Genesis 2:9 “Out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”
From what was planted in the garden, I don’t believe it was a small garden. A garden filled with abundance…of everything a man would need to live.
God’s purposes for Adam were for his good. God’s purposes for you are also for your good.
God’s plantings provided food, beauty (“pleasing to the sight”) and choices. God has planted you where you are. Food, beauty and choices are before you also.
God’s plans were those of a Master Gardner for Adam. God’s plans for you and me are ones of forethought and for our best. God is still the Master Gardner.
Are there times in your life you don’t understand why God has you where you are?
The following Scriptures may help you ‘see’ from God’s perspective:
(NASB) Isaiah 55:6-9 “Seek the LORD while He may be found;
Call upon Him while He is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
And let him return to the LORD,
And He will have compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
8 ‘For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways.’ declares the LORD.
9 ‘For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.”
(NASB) Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.”
God IS the Master Gardner, how are you trusting Him?