Who told you?
- Joyce Rivera
- Feb 10
- 3 min read
Today I studied Genesis 3:The fall of Man-Adam and Eve. A common theme is shared among both this chapter and the 60th superbowl performance. For the game, the world and christians are at awe of how a spanish speaking man was allowed to give his performance in his native language. On Social media there is outrage of how such a man could have been given the opportunity to take over the halftime show, attacking his cultural performance.
For Adam and Eve, the serpent questions the truth of God spoken upon them, that they were made in the image of God. The identity in both scenarios are shaken in hopes of diminishing their identity.
If there is something the enemy hates is when one rises above the occasion, in confidence to carry out a mission or plan that the Lord has instilled within us.
In verse one the serpent questions them saying " Did God really say.."(Genesis 3:1). He knows that God had told them, and he is not seeking an answer. He seeks to create doubt in the mind of Adam and Eve about what God said to them; about what God tell us. He loves to cripple us into a cave of fear so that we never step into what the Lord has for us.
He makes us question who we are and even why we exist. His goal is always one, to stop what the Lord has planned through you and I.
When he does this, we often times become paralyzed, unable to move and sometimes even breathe. He can cause us to doubt through others narratives about us or even what they proclaim to be true about us.
That family member who has a need to minimize you when you feel your finally breaking through cultural, religious even economical barriers.
That friend who often says your dreaming and planning your goals for the future too much that you should be happy where your at and content with what you got because it is enough to get you by (Note: It is okay to be grateful for where you are, but not if the Lord is calling you to do more and because of comfort you will not move).
That boss or coworker who often shuts down your ideas and creativity.
That church or pastor who overlooks your gifts and talents and often proclaims that anything that has to do with growth is a sin.
The enemy works in different ways and he can work through anyone that allows themselves to be utilized by him.
His goal is ultimately always the same, to paralyze you in your walk with Christ so that others won't be saved or freed through Christ who lives in you.
All the enemy had to do to Adam and Eve was shake the foundation planted in their father, God.
He pronounced that if they ate from the tree they would be like God, not noticing they were already like him (Genesis 1:26-27).
Too often we let what others say and think of us shake who we are in Christ. We let the world become the basis of all we do, and we are left empty handed.
Like Adam and Eve we become shameful not knowing the Lord questions us, why? (Genesis 3:11).
Why do we feel shame when we mess up? Because we know what we have done is not what the Lord had wanted us to do. But God's question points to something peculiar. In verse 10 Adam states, " I was naked and afraid..". The Lord replies, "Who told you...". He knows what they did, but asks specifically who told you, you were naked. He doesn't call them by what they called themselves but questions who called them that.
Too often we let what others say defines us, making it in turn our identity. We let their narratives become who we are and what we walk in.
But today, the Lord is asking you to step away from what you have done, from what others think about you- away from what they say you are and to step into what and who he calls you to be.
The Lord calls us by name to be His children. To be heirs of his kingdom and to a personal relationship with Christ in order to live a complete, holy and fulfilling life with purpose.
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