"Are You Hiding From God?"
My guess is you’ve been there before.
You’ve been in that situation when there comes a moment of truth. It was a
beautiful day outside. The kids were outside playing and having a blast. In
fact, they were having so much fun mom was inside and could hear all the
giggling and laughing that was taking place. But then that giggling and
laughing stopped. You see, the kids were outside playing and enjoying each
other’s company and doing exactly as mom asked them to do – staying out of
mom’s hair so she could get some things done around the house. But as they were
outside, they noticed there were a few things enticing to them. A few things
mom and dad told them – “Don’t play with it b/c you will get hurt.”
You’ve been there before. You’ve done the
thing mom and dad told you not to do – the thing you’re not supposed to do. How
did it end up for those children who were playing outside? Not very well. B/c
what happened is they were having all sorts of fun, but it all came down with a
loud crash. Maybe it was a broken window as they were throwing a baseball up
against the house or the roof – and they probably shouldn’t have done that. Or
they were outside playing with the bb gun and they thought it would be cool to
shoot the windows on the barn 35 ft up in the air. Not a good idea. And then,
the fun came to an end.
Mom handled the situation. But she gave
the kids a reminder – “Wait until your dad comes home.” And those were the
words any kid did not want to hear. B/c when dad came home you knew you really
were in trouble.
How do you think Adam and Eve faired in
our lesson this morning when they heard the words from the Lord, “Where are you?” They knew they were in
a great deal of trouble. In the verses that precede our text this morning, Adam
and Eve and the fall into sin. They were created into a perfect world without
sin. God gave Adam and Eve a simple command, “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.” (Gen 2:16-17) God gave them a simple command
and asked them to follow it.
Then along came the devil. The devil
tempted Adam and Eve – “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.” (Gen 3:4-5)
“Where are you?” My guess is that Adam had all of these things on his mind as he was
hiding from God. That’s not a good situation to be in, is it?