Lifting The Curse!
Then to Adam God said…“Cursed is the ground
for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days
of your life.”
Genesis 3: 17
Coaxing food from the soil is a laborious task. Weather,
pests, and crop diseases are challenges. The words of
Genesis 3:19 become all too real: “In the sweat of your
face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground.”
The sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden resulted
in earth being cursed. Everything that troubles our world
today—discord, disease, disaster—is evidence of the
earth laboring under a curse.
Apostle Paul wrote: “the creation was subjected to futility”
(Romans 8:20). But there is good news! “The creation it-
self also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption
into the glorious liberty of the children of God” (verse
21).
Though we sometimes “groan within ourselves”
(verse 23), we wait “in eager expectation” (verse
19) for the redemption of all creation.
Whatever toil or trouble you are experiencing today,
know that it is only temporary. It will be
replaced by
the glory of a new heaven and new earth.
"In heaven we shall not rest from our work
but from our labors. There will be no toil,
no pain in our work."
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
