Adam, Where art thou?
“And they heard the voice 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 amongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?”(Gen 3:8-9:  KJV)
We all are familiar with the story of the fall of man. Adam and Eve had sinned and discovered their nakedness and hid themselves when Elohim was walking in the garden. He did not find them and He called out ‘Adam, where are you?’ It was the voice of a loving Father searching for his son who was hiding because of the sin he had committed. When Elohim kept Adam in the garden, He talked with Adam. But now that intimacy was lost. Guilt had filled Adam. He has no courage to see his Creator, he has lost communion with Him. He cannot bear to see Him, and he runs to hide from Elohim. But he is not left to himself, his Maker follows him. 2Ch 16:9,’for the eyes of Yahweh run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.”.  “Where art thou, Adam? Where art thou?” Adam was in the place where Elohim told him to stay--in the Garden of Eden. But his heart was no more in that place. He had tasted the world and its pleasures; he could not think of his Maker nor concentrate on Him.

In I Kings.19:9, we read about Elijah hiding in a cave and the Lord asked him ‘What doest thou here, Elijah?’ Today, six thousand years later, Elohim is still asking us ‘where art thou? What doest thou here?’
As a Christian, where are you? Years back or recently, you may have accepted Messiah as your Saviour, enjoyed His fellowship and blessings, but now is that fire still burning in you?

Where are you practically in your walk? ‘And Enoch walked with Elohim’(Gen.5:22). Walking with him implies walking in faith, doing his will and enjoying his presence in all the aspects of life. In other words, he led a godly and upright life. Psa 1:1,’Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord’. In our daily life, are we walking in faith, trusting in Yahweh, at all times, or are we living life as it comes, buried in the world, without any thought of Elohim and eternal life?

In our worship, where are we? When Moses spoke with Elohim, he went alone and separately into the holy place. (Ex.33) He did not stand with the ‘mixed multitude’ (Ex.12:38) but worshipped Elohim without any distractions. His focus was on the Almighty. How is our worship today? Are we worshipping Yahweh in spirit and in truth or is worship just a formality? Is our focus on the Almighty when we worship? It is very common these days to see people fiddling with their mobile phones when in church! “Mat 15:8,’This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.” When we worship Yahweh, we should shut ourselves completely off from this world, we should not be distracted by worldly things but enjoy being in His presence.

In our work, how are we? The Lord wants us to be sincere in whatever we do. In everything we do, we should bring glory to Elohim. When people tried to create mischief when Nehemiah was building the walls of Jerusalem, he refused to meet them saying “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?” (Neh.6:3) He was faithful in the face of taunts and opposition. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: (Phil.2:14).

In our prayers, where are we? The time we spend in prayer is the time when we are in close communion with Elohim. Often, our prayers are like a shopping list—Lord! I want this, I want that, do this for me, etc,. Prayer is a privilege given to us to worship the Father and make our supplications known to Him. Paul wished ‘men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. (1Tim.2:8). Holy hands means hands that are not defiled by sin, and not employed in wickedness. Among the Jews, it was forbidden a man to lift up his hands above, except in prayer, and in blessings to Elohim. Remember Daniel. Even though the king decreed that men should petition only him and not any god, he continued o spend time in prayer, as before. Do we pray only when we need something or do we pray because we love to spend time with the Lord?

When we witness before others, are we doing it wholeheartedly? Are we holding back something? When Paul was in Ephesus, he testified both to the Jews and the Gentiles repentance toward Elohim, and faith toward our Lord Yahshua Messiah. He told them everything Elohim wanted them to know. (Acts.20:21, 27).
In our service to the Lord, have we consecrated ourselves completely like Levi?)Mal.2:3-6). Are we doing the Lord’s work sincerely or is it just another job?
Adam hid himself from the Lord. The Lord Himself came down from heaven to see Adam. Amos.5:4 says’ It is time to seek the Lord’. But the days are coming when we shall seek him but we will not find Him (John.7:34). Isaiah cautions us ‘Seek the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near.’ (Isa.55:6).

The time is running out, let us repent of our foolish ways and turn to the Lord before it is too late.

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