Genesis 3:7 Eyes Wide Open

                Adam and Eve could not have been ready for what would happen to them.  “The eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked.  And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.” (v. 7)  Unfortunately for them, they received the knowledge of good and evil that God knew they did not need to know.  At one time, their bodies were considered beautiful and in the image of God.  Now they knew their nakedness and felt the need to cover themselves.  Their bodies had not changed, but sin had damaged them to the point of shame.  I can only imagine them shrinking back from one another and from God not knowing what to do with this new-found but burdensome wisdom.

            I believe this is where many of us struggle.  Our eyes become opened to our own sin, guilt becomes overwhelming and shame becomes intolerable.  We are now no longer worthy of God’s love and move away from Him rather than towards Him and His ever present grace.  Some move gradually further and further away from God, overburdened by their sin and lacking the knowledge of returning back to His good graces.  The road back to Him can seem long, but God “will never leave you nor forsake you.” (Deut. 31:6)  Turn around and turn back to God.  Ask for His forgiveness.  He will forgive you.  Ask for his direction.  He will make your course clear.  Ask for His acceptance.  You have already been accepted.  If you have not yet accepted Him, now is the time.  Our eyes have been opened to sin, but they can be trained on the Father allowing for the acceptance of His Son, Jesus Christ, as Lord and Savior, and an indwelling of the Holy Spirit within you.  Do not let Satan’s lies deceive you.  You are “fearfully and wonderfully made” and guilt and shame have no place in the presence of God.  (Psalm 139:14)

Works Cited

The Holy Bible.  English Standard Version.  Wheaton, Ill.:  Crossway Bibles.  2007.  Print