“Then the eyes of both
of them were opened, and they realized they were naked” Gen 3:7.
Have you ever had a dream that you were in public and
realized you were missed some or all of your clothes? On several occasions I have had that dream
which is full of panic and chaos. There
is actually a moment in the dream where this realization occurs and the entire
course of the dream is altered. The
dream’s focus becomes about covering up.
Those feelings of panic and realization were experienced by Adam and Eve
as their decision to eat from the forbidden fruit ushered in sin, altering the
course of humanity. Up until that point,
they didn’t even realize that they were naked…never considered that their flesh
was showing. It took them surrendering
to the flesh to expose the weakness of the flesh.
I can’t tell you the number of times that I wasn’t even
aware that I was walking in the flesh until I participated with the flesh. Like Adam and Eve, as long as they walked
with God in the garden they experienced freedom and favor. Once they participated with their flesh,
Satan used this to separate mankind from God until eternity. It is scary to think that our surrender to
sin could affect so many others like in the garden. ‘The
inclination of our flesh will always pull in the opposite direction of what the
Holy Spirit seeks to help us do’ Jonah - Navigating a Life Interrupted,
p. 137.
While we cannot be perfect in our walk there must be
intentional efforts to live a life led by the Spirit of God. We must dress each morning with the
righteousness of God through Christ, displaying the fruit of God’s Spirit which
contradicts the fruit of the flesh. Every time we lean into the flesh we realize
our nakedness, but when leaning into the Spirit we realize our potential for
righteousness.
‘So I say, live by the
Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature is contrary to the
Spirit…They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you
want.’ Gal. 5:16-17.
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