December 19th, 2022
Monday, December 19, 2022
Promise Keeper
By: Pastor Amie Donovan
“And I will put enmity, between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
-Genesis 3:15
Only three chapters into the redemptive love story of God, we get to this passage. Adam and Eve–or the first time in human history–experienced a changed relationship with their Creator and Friend. Until this point, they walked with God. They talked with God. They knew the sound of His steps. (Gn. 3:8) However, with one decision made in their hearts, everything changed.
Shame overtook them, and fear directed them into hiding.
The Lord called out, “Where are you?” as our loving Father saw them in their brokenness.
Have you ever had an Adam/Eve moment? A moment where a decision you’ve made resulted in wanting to pull back from your first love? A choice that made you want to hide?
I have.
God was with them and now they needed Him with them once more. In that moment, while consequences followed actions, so did promise.
God looked at His children. Broken and ashamed. Then God looks at the serpent and speaks Genesis 3:15. “One is coming…”
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us) - Matthew 1:23
To the cross came death, to death came the cross! Jesus, the offspring of the woman finalized victory over the enemy. We are not held back by the bite! Rather, we are set free by the cross!
Jesus, was born and Jesus conquered death! So I ask you….
Where are you? Hiding or found?
Promise Keeper
By: Pastor Amie Donovan
“And I will put enmity, between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
-Genesis 3:15
Only three chapters into the redemptive love story of God, we get to this passage. Adam and Eve–or the first time in human history–experienced a changed relationship with their Creator and Friend. Until this point, they walked with God. They talked with God. They knew the sound of His steps. (Gn. 3:8) However, with one decision made in their hearts, everything changed.
Shame overtook them, and fear directed them into hiding.
The Lord called out, “Where are you?” as our loving Father saw them in their brokenness.
Have you ever had an Adam/Eve moment? A moment where a decision you’ve made resulted in wanting to pull back from your first love? A choice that made you want to hide?
I have.
God was with them and now they needed Him with them once more. In that moment, while consequences followed actions, so did promise.
God looked at His children. Broken and ashamed. Then God looks at the serpent and speaks Genesis 3:15. “One is coming…”
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us) - Matthew 1:23
To the cross came death, to death came the cross! Jesus, the offspring of the woman finalized victory over the enemy. We are not held back by the bite! Rather, we are set free by the cross!
Jesus, was born and Jesus conquered death! So I ask you….
Where are you? Hiding or found?
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