IN PLAIN SIGHT

READING: GENESIS 3:8-13

Verse 8: “And they hear the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves form the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.”

Following their sin, the response to God by Adam and Eve was to attempt to hide from Him. They didn’t want the Lord to see what they had done. It is easy to be critical in reading about their behavior. It may be, however, that our behavior as Christians these days is not much different. Many of us do things in the privacy of our homes that we would not want anyone from our churches to see. All of us entertain private thoughts. We would be ashamed if anyone else would come to know of some of these secret activities of our minds. If we have those reactions to people gaining knowledge of our private moments, what about God knowing of them? More or less we do act as though He, like other people, doesn’t see or know. It is easy to clearly conclude that Adam and Eve were foolish to hide. Maybe it would help us with our righteousness if we would be just as clear that that we are no different in our lives before the Lord. We can’t hide our sins either. It will be great if that fact will motivate us to more often take time before we act and consider that our Holy God is fully aware. That’s a thought – about God’s Word.

RESPONSE

1. Is there a personal response for you to this reading?

2. How many out of every ten Christians considers God’s awareness of their behaviors?