Will we pass the test?

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, . . . she took of its fruit and ate. – Genesis 3:6

Coyotes can’t resist a tasty sheep dinner. That’s why a number of years ago researchers experimented with about 500 different chemicals to develop a solution to spray on sheep that would make them "coyote proof". A compound that tasted like spicy hot sauce offered the most promise.

Scientists theorized that if the tests were successful, coyotes might lose their taste of sheep. If that were to happen, the temptation that makes coyotes a public nuisance in sheep country would be gone, and man would become the wild dog’s best friend.

Sometimes I wonder why God didn’t do something like that in the Garden of Eden. Why didn’t He make the tree of the knowledge of good and evil bear ugly fruit? Why didn’t He surround it with a chain-link fence with barbed wire at the top? Why did God even create the tree in the first place? Part of the answer, I believe, is that temptation to do evil brought Adam and Eve face to face with the ultimate moral question: Would they show confidence in their Creator and lovingly obey Him with all their heart?

We face a similar test every day. What are we going to do? Will we flunk the test? Or will we trust God completely and obey His commands? – Martin R. De Haan Ii

Along life’s road are obstacles –

Our choice becomes a test;

Help us, O Lord, to know Your way

That we may choose what’s best. – Dennis J. De Haan

READ: GENESIS 3:1-19

Every temptation is an opportunity to trust God.