FROM TODAY'S READING (5/6/2014)...
"I take as a given that all of us would prefer to be our own gods than to worship God...from tending the Garden to running the Garden."
- Eugene H. Peterson (Under the Unpredictable Plant)
Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. (Genesis 2:15 NKJV)
Exodus 20:3-6 (NLT) “You must not have any other god but me. “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea. You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me. But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands.
Deuteronomy 13:3-4 (NLT)...The lord your God is testing you to see if you truly love him with all your heart and soul. Serve only the lord your God and fear him alone. Obey his commands, listen to his voice, and cling to him.
