First Actions. First Questions.
Genesis 3: 8 And they heard the sound of
the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and
Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God
among the trees of the garden.
9 Then
the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”
10 So
he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was
naked; and I hid myself.”
11 And
He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten
from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”
12 Then
the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she
gave me of the tree, and I ate.”
13 And
the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you
have done?”
The woman
said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
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Now the man and
woman were spiritually awake, but in a bad way. They knew they had made a huge
mistake and the first thing they did was hide. I feel like doing that too when
I made mistakes. They hid their nakedness and then they thought they could hide
from GOD.
My Observations:
- GOD is all knowing, all seeing and is everywhere.
- GOD knew where Adam was, yet HE asked a question so Adam could understand.
- GOD knew what happened, yet HE asked the woman a question, maybe to take responsibility.
Personally, I
believe this was JESUS in the garden. HE knew HIS creation had fallen and knew
HE was the answer for the huge problem Adam and Eve had caused. The first
actions from Adam and Eve seemed so futile. Innocent people trying to develop a
coverup with no plan, led to hiding from the one who could solve the problem.
Instead of asking
for help, the first blame came out. “It was YOUR fault for giving me the woman
who gave me the fruit from YOUR tree” it could read. Or “The devil made me do
it.” BUT GOD handled it graciously. HE never accused them of doing wrong
because they knew and so did HE. JESUS knew what HE had to do. HE had to die
and be raised from the dead to repair the fall.
Challenge
- Why does GOD tell Moses this conversation?
- Have you ever messed up and tried to cover it up?
- Have you tried owning up to what you did wrong by uncovering “that” secret so GOD can heal you?
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