Cool….. I have a new appreciation for it.
I have often thought about what it might have been like to have lived in The Garden.
Tending it would have been pleasant, before the ground was cursed, “…through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground…”(Gen. 3:18,19)
Life in The Garden was perfect in the beginning. Everything was provided and readily available…..everything except the fruit of that one tree, the one that brought knowledge of good AND evil. It was the only thing off limits.
It was a great life in The Garden, in the company of Creator God Himself. And it was cool…when He came to visit, it was cool.
“Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day.” (Genesis 3:8)
Cool of the day….humm. I haven’t felt that in quite some time !! Or cool of the night for that matter !
God has repeatedly provided protection from the heat of the sun.
He provided a shade vine for Jonah, even though Jonah had disobeyed. “…the LORD God sent a vine and made it grow up over Jonah. It gave him more shade for his head. It made him more comfortable. Jonah was very happy he had the vine.” (Jonah 4:6)
He provided protection from the sun beating down on a tribe of people traveling in a desert. “God spread a cloud to keep them cool through the day” (Ps. 105:39)
I have a house with air conditioning that keeps me about 20 degrees cooler than the temperature outside. I have plenty of water, enough even to water some of the flowers and plants I enjoy. He provided me a shade in a giant sweet gum tree in my back yard…
Even though I too disobey Him at times..…
I will to walk with Him in the cool of the day.
I will to walk with Him in the heat of the mid-day sun.
I purpose in my heart to walk with Him, right behind Him, in His steps.
Even and especially when it is not easy and not popular.
Cool or not…
