Genesis 3:9-10 Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?” So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
In Genesis Chapter 2, we read how the Lord God planted a garden called Eden. In that garden there were many trees that were pleasant to eat, such as the The Tree of Life. The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil was also in the garden that God planted. Later, God took man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to tend and to keep it. There was only one directive the Lord gave him. He was to eat of every tree including the Tree of Life, but to abstain from eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
We all know how the story went. Adam and Eve sinned by eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Their eyes were opened and they realized that they were naked. Because of their sin, God took them out of the Garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. Genesis 3:23
You may ask yourself, why did God ask Adam where he was? Doesn’t God know everything? Of course God knows everything, but sometimes it’s those moments that we need to hear for ourselves and answer the question, where am I?
Where Are You?
I have had to ask myself that question. Where am I, what is it that I am to do next? I have accomplished certain thing in my life, so where do I go from here? What areas in my life need improving? What are my weak areas? Where am I with my goals and aspirations? Where am I in hearing His voice clearly for guidance, and am I listening?
While Adam and Eve sinned by eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, we still have the Tree of Life at our disposal, and that tree being Jesus.
Perhaps we have failed with our goals, aspirations, and maybe life just got the better of us and we let some people down. But guess what, we are no longer under the law, for the letter kills but the spirit brings life.
While we may not know exactly where we are, God does know. He knows that you have a hope and a future, and that He loves you so much that He sent His Son to be a ransom for our sin, and we can continue to partake of the Tree of Life fully, to establish and prosper us.
Now that you know where you are, walk forward with the confidence in the Lord to your next goal or aspiration.
May you be richly blessed this day.
Suzanne Tanner
January 18, 2012 at 9:41 am
Hello Yvette,
When I read this devotional of yours I thought, it is the simplicity of the Gospel and understanding it with simplicity. It spoke to me as very often I ask myself where I am, actually right now I am again in such a situation. But He knows and so I rest this truth and learn to rest in the simplicity to just rest with Him.
Thanks for sharing your heart.
chosenwoman
January 18, 2012 at 7:52 am
He always know where we are , but just like adam and eve we too hide from God and God is calling us asking us the same question. Why do we run from God when we error when we should run to Him?
I guess it’s pure fleshly reasons.
Yvette
January 18, 2012 at 8:37 am
So true, we are to run to Him instead of from Him.
Heather Marsten
January 17, 2012 at 3:30 pm
Wonderful encouragement. He does know where we are. His questions are for us to ask ourselves. Once we have an honest assessment of where we are at, we are more receptive to Him guiding us. Thanks for sharing this.