"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 abeautiful day outside. The kids were outside playing and having a blast. Infact, they were having so much fun mom was inside and could hear all thegiggling and laughing that was taking place. But then that giggling andlaughing stopped. You see, the kids were outside playing and enjoying eachother’s company and doing exactly as mom asked them to do – staying out ofmom’s hair so she could get some things done around the house. But as they wereoutside, they noticed there were a few things enticing to them. A few thingsmom and dad told them – “Don’t play with it b/c you will get hurt.”

You’ve been there before. You’ve done thething mom and dad told you not to do – the thing you’re not supposed to do. Howdid it end up for those children who were playing outside? Not very well. B/cwhat happened is they were having all sorts of fun, but it all came down with aloud crash. Maybe it was a broken window as they were throwing a baseball upagainst the house or the roof – and they probably shouldn’t have done that. Orthey were outside playing with the bb gun and they thought it would be cool toshoot 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 gavethe kids a reminder – “Wait until your dad comes home.” And those were thewords any kid did not want to hear. B/c when dad came home you knew you reallywere in trouble.

How do you think Adam and Eve faired inour lesson this morning when they heard the words from the Lord, “Where are you?” They knew they were ina great deal of trouble. In the verses that precede our text this morning, Adamand Eve and the fall into sin. They were created into a perfect world withoutsin. God gave Adam and Eve a simple command, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but youmust not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eatof it you will surely die.” (Gen 2:16-17) God gave them a simple commandand asked them to follow it.

Then along came the devil. The deviltempted Adam and Eve – “You will notsurely die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows thatwhen you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowinggood and evil.” (Gen 3:4-5)

“Where are you?” My guess is that Adam had all of these things on his mind as he washiding from God. That’s not a good situation to be in, is it?