God is asking, "Where are you?"

When Christians stumble or fall hard, many may feel guilty and they may begin to withdraw from God's presence. Guilt makes one feel unworthy and many may start to participate less with their church and eventually stop attending at all. Many will sit in the back row not seeking any attention. Many will hide from spiritual attention. They are thus hiding from the Light. When one hides, one hides in dark corners or places where one cannot be seen.  

Genesis 3:6-10 And when the woman saw that the tree was good (suitable, pleasant) for food and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave some also to her husband, and he ate.7 Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves apronlike girdles.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 But the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?10 He said, I heard the sound of You [walking] in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.

When Adam and Eve fell, they realized they were naked and they hid from God. When we sin and continue to sin, the Glory of God will no longer cover us and we realize in our spirits that we are naked. As a result, we will go hide. Sadly, when we hide, we are hiding from the presence of God. Thus, we are making a choice to leave His presence. In verse 8, it states that Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of God. Adam and eve had made a choice to leave His presence.

However, although we may feel guilty and unworthy, it is God, our Father, who is hurting more. In verse 9, He asked Adam, "Where are you?" Even though God knew Adam had fell, God came looking for him. You may feel unworthy and ashamed but God is still looking for you. His Love is great and mercies new each morning. He comes to look for YOU. He is still calling you home. He is asking you, "Where are you?"

He is asking you to stop hiding and come back into the Light. Only in the Light will you be clothed by His Light. How are we to come back into the Light? We must repent. We must surrender fully to HIM.

Many know their sins and fall. You must now make that choice not to hide anymore. You must make the choice to come out into the open and into the Light exposing your sins and shame. You must forsake the fear of men and ridicule. The road to peace and to His throne requires your humility.

Otherwise, if we continue to hide, yes, we may occasionally come to church. For some they may even come to church diligently but they will only have a form of piety. They will remain sitting in the back worshiping God from a far. Guilt makes us worship HIM from afar.

While His Grace is still available, come to the throne boldly. But you must come through repentance. You must come with a contrite and humbled heart.

Hebrews 4:1&16 (AMP) Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still holds and is offered [today], let us be afraid [[a]to distrust it], lest any of you should [b]think he has come too late and has come short of [reaching] it.

16 Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it].

He is looking for you. He is asking, "Where are you son? Where are you daughter?"

Fire of God Ministries
Steve Yong Kim