Why is Life so Tough?

 "Did God really say...?"

This one little question is the reason life is so tough today.  God created a perfect world for Adam and Eve to live in.  He had created that perfect world for each of us to live in as well.  This question from Satan to Eve undid all of it.

When Eve listened to this question and the lies of Satan, she stopped trusting in God's Word.  She saw her opportunity to be equal to God and to have some really nice stuff (Genesis 3:6).  These temptations were too much for her and she abandoned God's Word and plunged head-long into sin.  And today we still pay the price for her selfishness.  Eve and Adam's sin ruined God's perfect creation.  "For Adam was formed first, then Eve.  And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner." (1 Timothy 2:13-14)

Thankfully, God also gave us the remedy to sin on that same day.  In Genesis 3:15, God promises to send a Savior who would defeat Satan and sin.  That promised was fulfilled when Jesus came into the world: he lived a perfect life, he willingly died on the cross, and he rose from the dead on the third day to defeat sin, death, and the devil.  That is why even though we are all sinners we have the hope of eternal life in heaven.  Jesus has redeemed us!

So even though this life has its challenges and pain, we know it is only temporary.  "Therefore we do not lose heart.  Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.  For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.  For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)

God bless

Jason Fredrick