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Coverings
Genesis 3:7 'Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.'
 Adam and Eve had, since the time of their creation, walked every moment under the sun of God's warm, protective and kindly smile. Suddenly, their disobedience had brought an unexpected consequence. They had hoped to become 'like gods' understanding things as God did. Instead, they lost their precious sense of security and for the first time felt the fear of exposure. Gone was their true clothing – the reflected glory of God. Now they were alone and at the mercy of the elements, which, because of sin's entry to the world, grew more hostile every day. Stripped of our proper clothing, we the children of Adam have been making coverings for ourselves ever since. We try to cover our loneliness with a phoney 'I-can-do-it-alone' attitude. We try to disguise our lack of meaning with a cynical sneer at the very idea that life can have purpose. We can never feel the warmth we so desperately crave until we close our eyes to our own nakedness and fix our gaze on Christ's righteousness. That's our only hope of being clothed again in anything more than rags.
Prayer: 'Father God, thank you for sending your Son to become sin for me, so that I could be clothed in his righteousness. Help me not to hide areas in my life where I still feel naked, but to bring them to you for healing and covering.'
© 2003-2004 Mal Fletcher
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