The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” (Genesis 2:15,17 ESV)
One Job
We say it to the road worker who paints a crooked line: You had ONE job!
We say it to the road worker who paints a crooked line on the highway: Youi had ONE job!
We say to the last person to leave the building, who accidentally leaves the door unlocked: You had ONE job!
We say to the advertising agent who misspelled the company name: You had ONE job!
Adam had one job: Do not eat from THAT tree!
And he ate.
And so mankind needed the Messiah.
And lest we shake our collective fingers at that disobedient fruit eater… we would not do any better. We would eat, too. We would choose disobedience, too. We would disobey.
In fact, we do.
And so we need the Messiah.
Now we have one new job. Lean on Jesus.
Eat of Him… consume Him… fill ourselves with Him… embrace Him.
It’s a pretty good fruit, actually.