Upside Down - Kingdom LivingSample

"From Delight to Blame"

To:
Gen 3:11 He said, "… Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?" 12 The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate."

In the purity of the Garden of Eden Adam greeted his wife with delight; “At last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.” And then immediately after the fall is blame… in contemporary language, Adam completely threw Eve under the bus. “The woman who you gave to be with me…”

And there in lies the impact of the fall into sin on our relationships with each other. Delight is no longer the norm… blame, in many forms, is now the impulse of the heart of fallen man.

The last six of the Ten Commandments instructs us to go against our native instinct and to love our neighbor in many forms. Love is now taught to our heart by the Holy Spirit. It is a growing and sometimes painful experience turning blame back into delight.

Reflections:
1. Recall when someone has delighted in you.
2. Recall when the Lord taught you to delight in another.