“Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
With these words temptation entered the experience of Eve.
I love this image because sometimes when we read the text we see Eve giving into the temptation and I don’t think we sense the struggle. Here’s a woman who doesn’t know sin and who’s confronting the serpent, the liar. Something in her senses that this is wrong- she covers her ears. And yet- she is sitting there. She’s not on her feet. She’s not moving away from the temptation. And yes, she will fall.
There’s something interesting in this for all of us- in what ways is Satan tempting you? What words of God to you, what promises, what warnings of God is he twisting? Are you covering your ears? Are you actually moving away?
