"More Over!"

 "Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek." (Hebrews 6:20 KJV)

  "Who will then condemn us? No one - for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God's right hand, pleading for us." (Romans 8:34 NLT)

 Before I get too far into this, I must clarify what I ended with yesterday, about need and want. We can see this illustration given in the Psalms 23:1, which says in the NLT, "The LORD is my shepherd; I have all that I need." Again, in the KJV, a more direct translation, "The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want."

 Oddly enough, something that I see taking place in the Garden, when God caused Adam to name all of those animals, it caused Adam to see that he had a need for a mate. To which God was prepared to fill his need, saying, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him." (Genesis 2:18 NLT)

 Without getting too carried away, as to make something seem obvious to God's plan: this was God's plan all along, to give Adam the need to want. The Bible was made available for us to see and understand God's purposes, through both the good and the bad, knowing full well that man would need a Savior to make his heart turn towards Him. 

 Man was created to actually love God; as we see in the beginning, God gave Adam everything in the garden to enjoy and care for, with the exception of that one tree in the middle of the Garden, the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Interestingly enough, God's second instruction for Adam, not to eat of that tree, was to name all of the animals. 

 Do I need to say more? I really don't think that I should! But this isn't about what God wanted to be happening, it is what God knew would already happen, and He was completely prepared to take care of it, as He always was and does...

"But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's grace that you are saved!) For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus. So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 2:4-7 NLT)