“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 ...” (16-17). God gave humans a world teeming with plants and animals, rivers (10), and minerals (12). He even gave them access to the “tree of life” (9). The only thing God prohibited was the tree of “the knowledge of good and evil”. Determining good and evil was for God alone; humans, with all their God-given gifts, are still creatures.

“Then the Lord formed the man ... and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life” (7). Joy is found in recognizing that we are creatures. The Creator who gave us life wants us to lean fully on Him for everything.