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Stewards of the Land — a hillside milpa at first light, a farmer already at work between the rows

To work it and keep itGenesis 2:8-9,15Length: Short

Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

  • Read
  • Reread
  • Retell

Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

  1. What does this passage show me about God?

    • Who plants the garden, what grows in it, and why does God put the man there?

  2. What does it show me about people — and about myself, my work and my land?

    • Where have you been working your land without keeping it — taking from it without caring for it?

  3. What will I obey this week, at home and on my land? (a concrete step, with a day)

    • What is one thing you will do this week to keep your land, not just work it — and on what day?

  4. Who will I tell?

    • Who feels ashamed of being "just a farmer" and needs to hear who planted the first garden?

Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).

Pray

Lord God, you planted the first garden and put the man in it to work it and to keep it. Thank you that the work of our hands was your idea. Teach us to do both — to work it and to keep it.