Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, with no-holds-barred surrender:

“And the LORD God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil…’”
(Genesis 2:16)

Oh, Jesus.

“…any tree.”

So with that limitless number of trees to choose from –

apple trees
orange trees
date palms
plum trees
walnut trees
pineapple trees
pecan trees
strawberry trees 😉
nectarine trees
pear trees
almond trees
peach trees
chestnut trees
persimmon trees

and a couple thousand others –

which tree’s fruit were they dying to taste?

Right.

The one You told them not to eat.

Why?

What is there about being told I

can’t
shouldn’t
mustn’t

that makes me want to do it?

Easy answer?
“The devil.”

But the truth runs deeper:

my desire to run my own life

even though every time I do so…

I run it straight into the ground.

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Genesis 3:4; Deuteronomy 29:19; Numbers 24:15-16; Numbers 24:25; Psalms 94:3-7; Proverbs 20:24; Isaiah 14:12-15; Isaiah 53:6; Isaiah 56:11; Isaiah 58:13-14; Acts 14:14-18

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.