The Land is Cursed

“And to Adam He said, Because you have listened and given heed to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it, the ground is under a curse because of you; in sorrow and toil shall you eat [of the fruits] of it all the days of your life. Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth for you, and you shall eat the plants of the field. In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you shall return.”

Genesis 3:17-19 AMP

Adam's mistake was that he had listened and heeded the voice of his wife when she was in disobedience and rebellion to God. As a result, his punishment was that the land was cursed. 

In the general sense, many know the land or earth had now been cursed. But there is another land that is cursed. The land is the man himself. Man was made from dust and to dust he would return. Man is the spiritual land. Our hearts are the land. The seed (Word) must fall into good soil to produce much good fruit. When the land is cursed, it will only produce thorns and thistles which are worldly and physical worries. Always worrying and thinking of how to survive and make it.

When the earth was cursed and on a global scale, there was sickness, famine, wars, murder, poverty, and Death. On a local scale, the man or the husband who listens and heeds to his wife who is in disobedience and rebellion to God will start to manifest the curse of the earth. The husband who is cursed will begin to get sick, experience poverty, produce spiritual thorn and thistles, and head in the direction of withering away.

Such cursed husbands, families, or even sons will work their full physical strength to reap but have it stolen by the enemy. They will never reach abundance life. They will always come short. They will never get ahead but always hit a brick wall. They will wither away.

The women, wives, or mothers are the inside and the men, husbands, or sons are the outside. Eve was made from the inside or Rib of Adam. God comes to Eve first to change since she was first to sin. But most importantly, Eve is the inside. When a person is severely sick, the doctors look and address the inside of the body. What goes on the outside of the body is the symptom of the real issue on the inside.

This is not to blame Eve, the women, the wives, or the daughters but to awaken their important roles. The daughters of the Most High are required to pray, die to themselves, read, worship, and become the spiritual Proverbs 31 wives/mothers. They are called to be prayer warriors or lionesses for the King of Kings. 

May we discern and humble ourselves to repent and cry out on our knees for forgiveness and restoration. 

Pastor Steve Kim