“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? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
Genesis 3:8-10 KJV
Full of shame. Have you ever been there? You ever been caught in the act? You see as children we mess up. We make mistakes. We tell lies, we sin an thus ending up trying to mask our wrongdoings. If you take a step back an ponder on who God really is and what his ability’s are it’s quite amusing to think we can hide our mistakes, our sins if you will, from God. You see Like Adam an eve in the garden of eden after once eating the fruit knowing they wasn’t suppose to they heard Gods voice ask them where are you? An they tried to cover their selves up an even physically hide from God. Isn’t it funny how we do the same thing as kids to our parents, as friends to our neighbors, as children of God. We are so full of shame we would rather lie, avoid, hide or even be struck dead than to confess the truth. It is in our human nature to want to rebel against God and This is where Satan uses our sinful nature against us in attempts to try an separate our relationship and intimacy with God. Before Adam an eve were created perfect made in the image of God blameless. Until Satan tempted eve into eating the forbidding fruit saying you will surely not die if you eat the fruit. Calling God a liar at that point we chose not to trust God Thus the fall of man. My point I’m getting at is yes man failed by sinning an falling into the devils trap. In turn, God cast them out of the garden of paradise but not out of his presence an yarning desire for a relationship with Him. He brought chastisement and curses upon mankind just as a parent would hold their own child responsible, or as they should. He still loved them but the actions called for disciplinary consequences. So Then it’s left up to us to continue to love him an trust in him to let the Holy Spirits power lift us out of sin in our lives. Yes it’s hard to do it without God virtually impossible,he didn’t intend for it to be that way. He wants you to lean on him he wants you to have to rely on him in your every decision thought an move in life. When we quit putting our faith in him and the power of the Holy Spirit we are right where the evil one wants us. Like a lion waiting to pounce on a wounded baby fawn. Then it’s an endless cycle of living in sin with no repentance and then Satan uses that burden an guilt on us thinking it’s too late or you’ve sinned too much or God has turned his back on you an gave up. You’re not worthy of his mercy and grace. That couldn’t be further from the truth my friends. God hasn’t turned his back on you we are the ones that hold that choice. So it’s up to you...do you want to keep doing what’s proven to lead to a dead end with no hope living a life in sin filled with inequity or do you want to submit, bear fruit, and let go and let God run this thing? The choice is yours... Let Go and Let GoD run the show
