Till It

And Keep It

…then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being. And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Out of the ground the LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

A river flows out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides and becomes four branches. The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that flows around the whole land of Cush. The name of the third river is Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.

Genesis 2:7-15

God gave us an incredible gift – the beautiful world in which we live. While we have every right to use the resources God placed in and on the earth, it is also our responsibility to respect the earth as His and to preserve its resources for future generations. We all have to work together to protect our planet – the planet God gave us to be good stewards of. One way we can testify of our love for God and to express our gratitude for what He has done is by tending and keeping the earth and all that if offers.

Until the LORD returns, use the world we have been given wisely.

Our Daily Bread – June 18, 2007