So often, man has questions for God.
The purpose of these series of writing is to focus on the Questions from God.
These are questions that God has asked different people in the Bible and look at the reasons behind them, what tells us about God based on his questions and how should we apply these to our daily walk.
The first question that God asked in the Bible is this – WHERE ART THOU?
Who was he looking for?
He was looking for Adam, the first man. The man he created in his image and likeness, the man whom he formed from the dust of the earth and breathed life into. The man whom he placed in the middle of the garden of Eden to have dominion and take charge of all his creations.
What happened to Adam? He fell into sin. The sin of disobedience. He ate from the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. He disobeyed the command of God. Upon eating the fruit, it was then that Adam (and Eve) discovered they were naked and felt ashamed of their nakedness. Notice that prior to their downfall, both man and woman were already naked yet they had no malice in their hearts. Seeing their nakedness, they made clothes from plants.
And upon hearing God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, they hid themselves from God. Though they were clothed, they still felt the shame of their sin and felt they were unworthy to come and meet God.
But God asked – Adam, where art thou?
This shows us that God longs for that time to walk with Adam and have fellowship with him. God sought man though man hid from him.
In meeting God and informing him that he was ashamed because he was naked, then God inquired how did he come to know he was naked and further questioned him if he had eaten from the forbidden tree.
Instead of admitting to the error, the blame game was invented. Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the serpent.
Ultimately, the command was given to Adam. Adam is responsible.
For this sin, Adam faced the consequence of tilling the ground, to work hard for his food, Eve will face the pains of giving birth and the serpent will move upon its belly and there will be enmity between the son of man and the serpent. Though the serpent may browse the heel of the son of man, the son of man will crush the serpent’s head. This of course pertains to the coming Messiah, the Savior, Jesus Christ.
This question shows that God SEEKS to save those that are LOST.
He is interested to regain the relationship, the fellowship with man and restore the WALK, the special time together between man and God.
In application, do you hear God asking you this question?
Does he ask WHERE ART THOU son/ daughter?
He is only a prayer away.
If you feel ashamed because of the nakedness of your sin, put on the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Accept him as your Lord and Savior – this is not a religion but a restoration of the relationship breached by sin.
Let the blood of Jesus Christ cleanse you of sin and grant you boldness to come to the throne of grace of the Living God and there find rest, find peace.
Be where God is.
God Bless You, dear reader.
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