Section 2
although I was not clear what these higher things should be.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES
ASSIGNED BY GOD
In Ephesians 1:3 and 2:6 Paul talks about the heavenlies. In your experience day by day are you in the heavenlies or in anxiety? More often than not, we are in anxiety, not in the heaven lies. After the fall of man, human life became a composition of anxiety and worry. If you read Genesis 3 carefully, you will see that anxiety comes from the environment assigned to us by God. For example, we have anxiety with respect to our children. From the moment a child is born, his parents worry about him. Those who do not have children may dream of having a child one day. But they do not realize the worry and anxiety associated with giving birth to a child and raising him. Everything that affects the living of our children gives rise to anxiety. Most parents can testify that as far as their chil dren are concerned, their days are filled more with anxiety than with happiness.
Genesis 3 indicates that fallen man is also anxious about making a living. In Genesis 3:17 the Lord said to the man, "Cursed is the ground