Genesis 2:4-17 - Living in God’s Perfect World

On Sunday morning, we continued our journey through the early chapters of Genesis. Genesis 2 shows us what a perfect world looks like. We often dream of a perfect world as being all about us, yet God is at the centre here, making the world exactly as it should be. The account here is historical, with real place names, even if we have lost some of the place names over time, and it will be once more in the future. God reminds us here that there are two important things to know about being human. One, we are dust. Two, we have had the breath of life put into us by God. People are made special by God. This account challenges us to see what is really important in our world. We shouldn't spend all our effort on collecting things that are ultimately dust; we should seek to honour the One who made us. We should love Jesus, the One who could be the perfect man none of us could ever be, the key to being in God's perfect world in the future.