#165 LTLT S5 EP 39: Divine Purpose Reflected in Eden's Creation

He did not promise it , amen , but it has been given to us . So glad to be here once again . If you don't know who I am , my name is Catherine amen , and I am here with Learning to Live in Truth on God's Diamonds in the Rough . Amen . Hope you had a chance to listen to Learning to Live in Truth and last week's Diamonds episode , amen .

I hope you had a chance to listen to it . If you didn't make sure that you do , amen , check it out , because God is surely a good God . Amen . He is teaching us and using me to his glory , allowing me to be able to be a light to you . So if you're ready I am ready Let us go ahead and pray .

Teaching us and using me to his glory , allowing me to be able to be a light to you . So if you're ready , I am ready , let us go ahead and pray , father , we thank you so much for your grace and your mercy . Thank you , god , for every heart that is here , every diamond .

I pray in the name of Jesus that we will grab a hold of your word and allow your word to be or to free us . I pray in the name of Jesus . You will use me to your glory , god , as your vessel , lord , to be able to be a light for the kingdom and a help to your people .

I pray in the name of Jesus , that your people are able to glean from this word , and not just your people , but me as well . Pray that we can all get what it is you have to give . Father , we love you so much and we thank you again . In Jesus Christ's name , I do pray . Amen , amen and amen , hallelujah , amen . I hope all is well .

I hope that again you're having a good day . We left off in Genesis chapter 2 , genesis chapter 2 , talking about creation and how that God had not allowed the things that he had envisioned to manifest Until he had a man to till the ground , amen , a man to take care of it . Amen .

And always , every time I read this particular portion of Genesis , I come to the analysis and realization that you know everything that we are given , we have been assigned to , to take care of for a while . Amen , to love you the glory . So I hope you got your Bibles ready to go forth with me . I read the King James version .

You read whatever version speaks to you loudest and clearest . Amen . Those of you that are driving , please keep your ears and your antennas open . Amen , while you're paying attention to the road as well . Hallelujah . All right , let's get into it .

So verse eight , he says and the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden , and there he put the man whom he had formed , and out of the ground , made the Lord God to grow . Wait a minute , wait a minute , wait a minute , wait a minute . Let me go back . Let me read that again .

And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow Every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food , and the tree of life , also in the midst of the garden , and the tree of knowledge of good and evil . And a river went out of Eden to water the garden , and from thence it was perfect and became into four heads .

Okay , pause here for a second before we talk about the four heads , I want y'all to see what I see . Okay , um , verse eight thing that highlights , is highlighted to me is that I made this garden and he said he put the man there . He put him there because this is what he would have him to do . Okay , hallelujah .

Our purpose , a part of our purpose , everybody's purpose , is to do something . Okay , to take care of something . You're not here to take , take , take , take , take , okay , hallelujah . We're here to give , take , take , take , take . Okay , hallelujah .

We're here to give something , hallelujah , whether it's our time , our presence , our gifts , our word , whatever it is , we have an assignment while here on the earth . Amen . The telltale is this . Verse eight . Now you look at nine . He says okay . He says he gave him provision . Okay , not only did he put him in the garden , but he also gave trees .

That would be , he would be drawn to , that Adam would be drawn to , so that he can eat the provision . This is provision . He says he also left the tree of life . Amen , so he had a choice of whether or not he would serve god or serve himself . Hallelujah , amen .

And then , uh , the word identifies with us that this tree of life is the root to the knowledge of good and evil . Amen . Good and evil , that's really something that we get to choose , don't we ? We get to choose whether we do good , or whether we do right , I mean do wrong , or do evil , or do whatever . However you want to say it , we get to choose .

Yeah , this is when . Well , we haven't got to it quite yet , but this was determining the factor , the determining factor of whether or not Adam would stand or fall . Amen , hallelujah . But Adam had everything that he needed . Now , when you look at Ephesians , and the river went out of Eden to water the garden , the garden that he planted .

Remember verse 8 , he said that God planted a garden eastward in Eden . Okay , so the Lord had to supply the water so the food would continually grow . Okay , he says . And he says and from this it was parted . I think I said perfect y'all , and from this it was parted . I think I said perfect y'all . No , I meant to say parted .

He says and became into four heads . Four is a number of foundation . Okay , god is big on direction . If you notice , throughout the word , he talks a lot about direction , lot about direction . So when I grab a hold to this particular verse , you know direction is very much a purpose driven . God definitely has us all going somewhere .

Hallelujah , amen , yeah , we are obviously . Uh , he desires us to go to heaven and , unfortunately , some are going to hell . But while you're on the earth , you have some places that you got to go . Amen , you got some directions . The lord will have you to go . He wants to take you in different directions to accomplish his will . Look at verse 11 .

He says the name of the first is , uh , pious . He says that is it which encompasses the whole land of Havilah , havilah . He says there , where there is gold , and the gold to the land is good . He says there is Bedelium and the Onyx Stone .

And the name of the second river is Gihon , the sun is , or the same is it that encompasses the whole land of Ethiopia . And the name of the third river is Hidakal , and that is , he says that is it which goes toward the east of Assyria . And the fourth river is Erophos .

He says so we have all of the directions , okay , and each direction here's another thing . Each direction has treasures , treasures , amen . Rare finds On this journey . This is what happens to us . Whatever direction we go , or whatever direction the Lord leads us to on that path , you find treasures , amen . You find things that you ain't going to find every day .

You heard me Hallelujah , this is powerful . Amen , you find things that you ain't going to find every day . You heard me , hallelujah , this is powerful . Amen . He says verse 15 . He says and the Lord took , and the Lord , god , took the man , put him in the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it Okay , to govern , protect and steward .

Okay , hallelujah , this is what I got from 15 . Okay , he says . Look at it . He says and the Lord took the man and put him . So this is a further extension of verse 8 . He says he put him into the garden of Eden . So he put him , he placed him in his purpose .

He says his purpose is to dress it Okay , to make it what it needs to be , what it ought to be . So Often time , what we gotta know is , in our everyday life , god will allow us to wind up in a place , not by coincidence and not by accident , definitely on purpose . And a lot of nothing . Okay , it's plenty of . It's a lot of opportunities . It is a .

It's typically times where you can , you know , express different ideas and different things that you would like to see done . And here is Adam's opportunity and there is yours . You might be in a place , in a seasonal place , you know , it just seems like God is just kind of giving you there and then you don't know what to do . Well , here it is .

This is what you have to do . You have to address it . You have an opportunity , you have a creative mind . Use it , he said , and keep it it . Okay , he said take care of it , treat it like , like it's your own . Hallelujah , amen .

But knowing , knowing that it is God's amen , that's a powerful thing , because so often time we get a hold to something and we say , oh , it's mine , mine , mine , it's mine , mine , mine . Nobody else can have it . But the reality is is that it is God's and he gave it to you for a season . Take care of it as best as you can . Hallelujah , amen .

Look , he says . And the Lord , god commanded the man saying of every tree of the garden , thou mayest freely eat . Okay , so where he's placed you , where he's put you , he said , you are the governing authority .

He said I'm going to give you everything that you need in order to survive where you are , hallelujah , not just merely exist , but to survive and be able to abundantly possess what is before you , jesus , come on , he says . But of the tree , of the knowledge , of good and evil , key word , he says . But he says everything here you can have .

You can have anything that you want in this season and where you are right now . He says , but there is something that is off limits , hallelujah . There is something , one thing that you cannot do . Okay , because he says , if you do it , he says thou shall not eat of it , for in the day that thou eatest , thou shalt surely die . Okay , it says .

This , right here is gonna be what will make or break . Well , actually , this will be what will break you from me . Okay , adam had already been given the heads up of what would happen if he ate from this tree . Okay , even before Eve came on the scene , amen , he had already been told that he would die if he ate off the tree .

So it makes you wonder well , why did he eat off the tree If he already knew ? Even before Eve even came , amen , he said you'll surely die . Now , I'm sure he might have been like , figuratively , like I'm going to die , like what ? And you know , when you read this , if you're looking at it from a logical mind , from a logical mindset .

You think he's going to die , what you know if those of you that are listening it's the first time you're hearing it he's going to die because he ate a piece of fruit . No , not literally , but it is a spiritual death . There are some apples that we bite off that separate us from God . Amen , hallelujah . I mean it could be an apple of deceit .

An apple of deceit , an apple of money , an apple of um , of adultery , um , an apple of disobedience , an apple of whatever separate . I mean sin , the apple of sin , that's a good word for it . It separates us from him and what you got to realize Sin does , that's what sin does . It separates us from him .

Nothing about God is sinful , nothing about heaven , nothing is full of sin , nothing , amen . And the moment you bite off the apple of sin , then that's it . You're separated from him . And as you go on , you will gonna learn . You're gonna learn that Jesus is the only way that you can get back and write fellowship with him . Hallelujah , amen .

Now going on , look at verse 18 . He says and the Lord God said it is not good that the man should be alone . I will make him and help meet for him . Okay , so he's giving him everything that he needed , giving him the opportunity to take advantage of different opportunities to dress the garden , to keep the garden . He's giving him everything that he needs .

He knows the do's and the don'ts , but then he says but he's here by himself , I don't want him here by himself . Let me go make him somebody so that he's not here alone . Amen , he does not desire for us to be alone , amen , amen .

He does not desire for us to be alone , amen , even if you're not , you don't have a partner , somebody , a wife or a spouse or whatever have you ? Um , even if you don't have someone like that , you still got community . Amen , he still wants you to be connected with people because he says I will make him a help and the people are there to help you .

Amen , they not . They should not be taking advantage of you . They should not be doing things like that . They should be there to help you and you ought to be there to help them , amen . So , because of time , I'm going to stop right there . This is a good place to stop before we get into 19 and finish out the chapter .

But , all in all , god has given us a good eye on his heart for direction , his heart for purpose , his heart for provision , his heart for us to be able to find treasures . Amen . Rare finds things that we won't find ordinarily on our path , amen . And for us to know that we get to choose whether or not we do good or evil , amen .

So that's a wrap for today

. Let's go ahead and pray . Father , we thank you again for this day and thank you for your grace and mercy . Thank you , god , for allowing us this time in your word . I pray in the name of jesus to just lead us , us and order our steps as we go forth .

Father , we love you so much , so very grateful , so thankful for all that you're doing in and through us . God , I pray that , wherever we are , whatever we are doing , that it pleases you in your sight . Pray for the one that said pray for me .

I pray in the name of Jesus for my brothers and my sisters all around the world , even those that are near and dear to me . I pray for them , god , that whatever they're going through , they would lean and depend on you . Trust in you with all of their heart , as I do .

Trust in you with all of my heart , knowing that you will , because I acknowledge you , you will lead and guide and fortify me . I pray the same for all of my brothers and sisters around the world , near and deep . Father , we just bless your name , we bless your people . We pray . We just give you glory and we give you all the honor In Jesus' name .

I do pray , amen , amen and amen , hallelujah Amen . What a glory . And we give you all the honor in jesus christ's name . I do pray , amen , amen and amen , hallelujah amen . What a powerful word on today , right , amen . I am always so glad that you would take them , take 15 , 20 minutes out to hear the word of god um each and every day .

Make sure you come on back . I am here with Learning to Live in Truth Monday through Thursday in this season , and then we have two episodes , friday and Saturday , of God's Diamonds in the Ruffle . We are airing two more episodes of previous recordings and I am always sure that whatever we hear on Friday and Saturday falls in line with the rest of the week .

Amen , because God always does things on purpose for purpose . We love you so much here at God's Diamonds in the Rough , so very grateful and so thankful for your presence and I pray that you will have a great day , a great night . So many blessings , so much love from me to you . Y' will have a great day , a great night .

So many blessings , so much love from me to you . Y'all have a good one . We'll see you on tomorrow . Same time , same place , learning to live in truth , god's diamonds in the rough . We plan on being here and we hope you do too . Amen , amen and amen .