Life on the Father's Terms: Returning to the Garden

From the very beginning, God designed life to be lived on His terms. He created a perfect world and placed His family—Adam and Eve—in the Garden of Eden. But when sin entered, humanity was put out of the garden, and we lost our direct fellowship with our Father. Ever since, mankind has been wandering, searching for meaning, struggling under sin, and suffering the consequences of separation from God.

But here is the powerful truth: God is inviting us back to the Garden! He is calling us to return to Him and live life on His terms. This is the only way to experience His goodness, His purpose, and His ultimate plan for our lives.

Do You Know the Father?

Many people know about God, but do they truly know Him as Father? Do you know His heart? Do you understand how valuable it is to have the Father back? Jesus came to restore that relationship, and the first thing He taught us in prayer was to say, “Our Father which art in heaven” (Matthew 6:9, KJV).

Jesus' entire mission was to bring us back to the Father. He said:

🔹 John 14:9 (KJV) – “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.”

🔹 John 17:3 (KJV) – “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”

Everything Jesus did—His miracles, His teaching, His sacrifice—was to reveal the Father to us. Because without the Father, we are lost. Families are breaking apart, suicide rates are rising, and people are struggling in life because they do not have the Father.

Living on the Father’s Terms

To return to the Garden, we must live on His terms, not our own. What are these terms?

1) Recognizing Him as the Only True God

God is love, and there is no other god but Him. We must worship only Jehovah, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

🔹 Exodus 20:3 (KJV) – “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

🔹 Isaiah 45:5 (KJV) – “I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me.”

We must return to Him as our source, purpose, and meaning. When we recognize God as our Father, we begin to understand what life is truly about.

2) Trusting the Father’s Plan

God takes responsibility for us. When we live on His terms, He provides, He guides, and He teaches us because He knows how life works.

🔹 Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV) – “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”

When we reject God’s ways and try to live on our own terms, life becomes a disaster. But when we follow His ways, we find peace, purpose, and provision.

3) Entering Into Covenant With the Father

God is a covenant-keeping Father. His relationship with us is not distant—it is personal. He knows our needs, guides us, teaches us, and even disciplines us for our good.

🔹 Hebrews 12:6 (KJV) – “For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.”

God is not an absent Father—He is involved in every aspect of our lives.

4) Receiving God’s Providence

Providence is our inheritance. The Father cares and provides for His children.

🔹 Philippians 4:19 (KJV) – “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”

When we align our lives with God’s terms, He ensures that everything works together for our benefit. Even when we don’t understand, He is always working for our good.

Returning to the Garden: Life Continues With the Father

God’s creation is continually at work. When we live outside His will, things break, life feels empty, and we suffer loss. But when we return to the Father, we are restored.

🔹 Acts 17:28 (KJV) – “For in him we live, and move, and have our being.”

Everything we seek—peace, joy, purpose—is found in the Father. When life is corrupted and broken, it is because we are living apart from Him. But when we return, everything begins to be restored.

The Father Has Revealed Himself Through Christ

God chose to reveal Himself through Jesus Christ—who came as a perfect human to redeem humanity. Christ came not only to save us from sin but to show us the Father.

🔹 John 1:18 (KJV) – “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”

Jesus was the visible image of the invisible God. Through Him, we see the Father's love, grace, and truth. Christ is inviting us back to the Father!

Will You Live on the Father’s Terms?

The world teaches independence from God. But true freedom comes from submission to the Father’s will. When we live by His terms, we return to the Garden—to His goodness, His provision, and His eternal life.

🔹 Deuteronomy 30:19-20 (KJV) – “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days.”

God is calling you back. Will you accept His invitation?

🙏 Closing Prayer 🙏

Abba Father, in the name of Jesus, we come before You, longing to return to You. We acknowledge that we have strayed, choosing to live life on our own terms. But today, we surrender and accept Your invitation back to the Garden—to Your presence, Your love, and Your will.

🔹 2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV) – “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

Lord, help us to know You as our Father. Heal the brokenness in our hearts, in our families, and in our world. Reveal Yourself to us through Christ. Teach us to live on Your terms so that we may experience Your goodness and eternal life.

🔥 In the almighty name of Jesus, Amen. 🔥

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