What is it that we all have in common?

God, our Creator, and Adam and Eve, the parents of the human race.

God, Adam's Creator told him that he could eat from every tree in the Garden of Eden, except one, and guess what Adam did.

Yes, that's right! He ate from that tree that God told him to not eat from and so did his wife Eve.

Here's the Biblical account of that recorded in the Book of Genesis in Chapter 2:

7 the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

8 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.

9 And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground--trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;

17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

God then provided a wife for Adam, and she also understood what God expected of her and what the consequences of disobedience would be.

However, it wasn't long until she started listening to another voice. Yes, that's right, the devil's.Read about it in Genesis, Chapter 3:

3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"

2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,

3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.'"

4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman.

5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

She listened! She looked! She ate! And so did her husband!

How tragic -- And now the consequences!

23 So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

The sin of Adam and Eve separated them from God, their Creator, and also separated all of us in generations to follow from God, our Creator.

Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

We have all inherited this nature to sin from Adam and Eve, the first parents of the human race. We are born sinners, separated from God, our Creator.

This explains so much about us. Not only the way we act, but also how we feel.

We live with a void inside of us. Something is missing in our lives, but we can't tell exactly what it is. We seek and search for true happiness, but it seems to elude us. It's always just around the corner.

We try all kinds of things that the world offers in order to be happy, but nothing seems to bring true happiness and contentment and peace.

Nothing seems to be able to fill that void or emptiness inside of us!

The problem is that we were created in the image of God, but sin has separated us from a relationship with Him.

Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Isaiah 59:1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.

2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

Since we were all created by God, and because we were all created in His Image, we have a desire and longing to have a relationship with Him, just like Adam and Eve did before they disobeyed God and were cast out of His wonderful presence.

That's what that emptiness or void in our lives is, a longing or desire to have a relationship with our Creator God.

That is why nothing that the world has to offer can fill that void, and nothing can take the place of the real, one and only true God in our lives.

In our search for true happiness, we make many other things into gods, but time after time we are dissapointed and let down.

Some of us even become very religious in our search for true happiness and peace, but we are still left wanting and always will be until we come to know our Creator, the only True God!

How can we know our Creator God, the One who wants to bless us and take care of us and give us the True Happiness that He intended for us in the beginning? Is it even possible?