Pulpit Today

God’s work on the sixth day of creation included planting a garden (Gen. 2:8).  He then created Adam in His image and appointed him as the gardener of Eden (15).  In the New Testament Jesus noted that His Heavenly Father was a gardener (John 15:1).  The Great Lord of the universe had created Adam to follow in His footsteps.  It is interesting that when Mary first saw our resurrected Lord at the tomb she thought He was “the gardener” (John 20:15), and she wasn’t altogether mistaken!  But while Adam, the first gardener, had brought death from a forbidden tree, Jesus, the second Adam, brought life by hanging from a tree.  Gardening can produce infestation and death or it can produce vegetation and life.  What are you doing with the garden that God has given you?