Your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God. . . . 

There was more to the sentence, but I imagine that Adam and Eve stood there in awe. 

Perhaps they didn’t even know that they weren’t like God until that moment. 

What was said to them created a deep question. 

It’s the same question you and I struggle with all the time. 

Am I good enough? 

It’s easy to feel like we don’t measure up. We watch what other people present as their life and are quickly drawn into this comparison trap that gets us tangled up in our own thoughts. 

Adam and Eve heard these words, and desired to be more. They wanted to know that they were just as worthy and strong. But what were they comparing themselves to?  

The Almighty God. 

So they gave in. 

They ate the fruit that brought disobedience into the world. 

And with it, came the endless pursuit that you and I struggle with today. . . 

I have to compare. 

I have the endless need to measure myself against those around me 

And in the end, I must come out worthy. I must be the best!