Where Are You?
25001 QGA
Genesis 3:9 The context: Adam and Eve had just disobeyed God by eating the fruit He had told them to not eat. Not wanting to face God they hid from God hoping they could avoid facing Him in their guilt. Like He always did, God came walking through the garden to enjoy visiting with Adam and Eve. They were not in plain sight and so God called out …
God Asks Us: "Where are you?"
jne: God was not ignorant of the physical location of Adam and Eve as they hid in the Garden of Eden. As with all of God’s questions it was to get Adam and Eve to think seriously about what God asks. The question was not geographical, it was relational. You used to joyously come visit with Me when I came into the Garden; why are you hiding from Me now? How are things going for you when you hide from me? Where are you in relation to where you used to be? Where could you be? Think about how you feel now in comparison to how you used to feel. God still asks each of us: “Where are you?” Where am I in my relationship with God. Where should I be or could I be. Just like Adam and Eve: who has moved, who broke the relationship, who is doing the hiding, and the excuse making? God knows where we are and comes to offer Himself to us every day. God continues to want us to think seriously about our relationship with Him, and so God Asks Us: “Where are you?” “How’s life going for you?”
Genesis 3:9 The context: Adam and Eve had just disobeyed God by eating the fruit He had told them to not eat. Not wanting to face God they hid from God hoping they could avoid facing Him in their guilt. Like He always did, God came walking through the garden to enjoy visiting with Adam and Eve. They were not in plain sight and so God called out …
God Asks Us: "Where are you?"
jne: God was not ignorant of the physical location of Adam and Eve as they hid in the Garden of Eden. As with all of God’s questions it was to get Adam and Eve to think seriously about what God asks. The question was not geographical, it was relational. You used to joyously come visit with Me when I came into the Garden; why are you hiding from Me now? How are things going for you when you hide from me? Where are you in relation to where you used to be? Where could you be? Think about how you feel now in comparison to how you used to feel. God still asks each of us: “Where are you?” Where am I in my relationship with God. Where should I be or could I be. Just like Adam and Eve: who has moved, who broke the relationship, who is doing the hiding, and the excuse making? God knows where we are and comes to offer Himself to us every day. God continues to want us to think seriously about our relationship with Him, and so God Asks Us: “Where are you?” “How’s life going for you?”