In the garden of Eden Satan tempted Eve with an offer she could not refuse: "Your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil" (Genesis 3:5).

As Eve considered the offer, she concluded that the tree of the knowledge was not so bad, because "the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise" (verse 6).

"To make one wise", that is, like God.

To desire something that is not rightfully ours reflects a prideful attitude. We were not created with this wrong attitude, because God said everything in His creation was "very good" (Genesis 1:31).

This wrong attitude actually originated with Satan who wanted to be equal with God: "I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High" (Isaiah 14:13-14).

This prideful attitude is characteristic of Satan's world: "If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world" (1. John 2:16-17).

What was the result of Satan's pride? He fell to the earth like a bolt of lightning (Luke 10:18). What was the result of the prideful attitude that Adam and Eve adopted from Satan? They had to leave the garden of Eden.

Let's be mindful of the apostle Paul's admonition: "For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith" (Romans 12:3).

With these thoughts I wish everyone a rewarding Sabbath!