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Genesis 3:10| “The Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” He answered, ‘I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”

Have you ever seen a child who gets “caught with their hand in the cookie jar”? They tend to back away, eyes down, and try to hide from you. In the same way, we’ve done things in our lives where we feel like we need to back away from God and try to hide – it could have been a lie we’ve told, bitterness we’ve held, or a lustful thought that we’ve had. Adam and Eve hid from God because they expected punishment for their sin. But even though they deserved spiritual death, we see that when Adam and Eve sinned God didn’t exact punishment on them, ; instead, he actually reached out by calling to them and asked where they were.

We have all sinned, but know that God doesn’t want to punish you. Instead, he has reached out to you and asked you to return to him no matter what you have done. So when you sin you have the choice to either back away from God, or to run to him because he is the only one who can free you from your sin. God isn’t sitting in heaven with a scorecard in one hand and a lightning bolt in the other; he is a father who is waiting for his sons and daughters to turn to him. That’s why throughout the Bible we see that God promises to save mankind from the consequences of sin (Genesis 3:15).

Reflect:

• Adam and Eve ignored God’s boundaries and as a result sin (which is willful disobedience in order to put ourselves in the place of God) entered the world. Are there places in your life where you are ignoring God’s boundaries?
• Do you have a tendency to run away from God when you sin or to run to God? Today make the decision that no matter what sins you’ve committed that you will run to God instead of away from him.