God explicitly instructed Adam not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the garden. That was followed by a warning – eating of it would lead to death. Someone may say that the man and his wife lived hundreds of years even after they disobeyed God. That is right, but the consequence of sin is not limited to physical death. It was Evangelist T. L. Osborne who said that whenever you sin, something dies within you. Something dies in a sinner long before he or she dies physically and eternally. For Adam and Eve, the first thing that died was courage or confidence. The confidence with which they had fellowshipped with God in the past was gone the moment they sinned.

…whenever you sin, something dies within you…Sin will rob us of the confidence to approach God and the opportunity to get answers to our prayers.

Jesus revealed the dynamic relationship between Him and the Father. At Lazarus’ tomb, He confidently thanked the Father knowing full well that His petition had been heard. On another occasion He declared, “And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.”” (John 8:29 NKJV). The dynamic relationship Jesus had with the Father ensured that whatever He asked flowed without hindrance. This is how it should be with us as God’s children. Sin will rob us of the confidence to approach God and the opportunity to get answers to our prayers.