Monday Devotion - August 24, 2026

Day 1: The Garden Was the Standard
Reading: Genesis 2:7-9, 15-18

In Genesis 2, God forms man, places him in a garden, and gives him an assignment before he gives him a companion. The garden represents the sustained, deliberate presence of God. God's design was not simply that man would have a helper, but that every relationship would be formed and function within the context of that presence. The helper was never meant to replace the garden. She was meant to be found within it. Before you evaluate your connections, evaluate your garden. Is your personal pursuit of God consistent, deep, and deliberate? A neglected garden produces depleted discernment. When your intimacy with God is tended faithfully, you gain the spiritual clarity to recognize which relationships belong in your life and which ones do not.