Genesis 2:7-15
“And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden …”
These verses introduce readers to the Creator as a divine gardener. God breathes life into the nostrils of creation and equips image-bearers to be gardeners. In this passage, we see God’s desire to create lands and abundant gardens where divine love is cultivated.
This should make modern readers ask: What are we doing to care for our lands and the people who inhabit them? Are we aware of our sacred calling to be good stewards of creation? Are we truly loving and compassionate gardeners like our Creator?
Psalm 24:1-2
“The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it …”
There’s not a single speck of dirt or atom that is beyond God’s care.
If God tends to the lilies of the field, how much more will God protect the poor and oppressed (Matthew 6:25-34)? This is the correct definition of divine providence: God cares for, loves, and empathizes with the meek who will one day inherit the earth. This is the providence that theologian James H. Cone imagined in his seminal work God of the Oppressed“God has not ever, no not ever, left the oppressed alone in struggle. He was with them in Pharaoh’s Egypt, is with them in America, Africa, and Latin America, and will come in the end of time to consummate fully their human freedom.”
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