Genesis 2:9b the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

One of these trees came with a warning and a curse. The other was the cure. So often in this life solutions are right there in front of us, or at least close at hand. I find this to be true in the scriptures.

The Holy Spirit orders the scriptures and fashions them, neatly woven together to answer many of the questions which I present to the Lord in my seeking.

Psalm 119:2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

I depend on the Holy Spirit to reveal truth and in this He does not fail me. Praise God. This week He revealed a truth to me I did not seek, and I was surprised. It came as I prepared myself for this week’s discipleship meeting. I was reading the relevant scriptures and the answer in the scriptures. I already had the answer before I set the assignment.

Then as I read the whole chapter I was surprised to discover the answer right there in close proximity to the problem text. The cure was close to the curse. It was so obvious now. Why had I not seen it before? It was only obvious because the Holy Spirit showed me the connections beforehand.

This answer was in a summation form. It was boiled down to one salient point without any historical significance. So much of the Word is like that. You know that it works together without knowing why. We receive the blessing blindly without understanding why it was granted. Thank you Lord, then we move on.

I believe He deserves more than a thank you born of expectation.