“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” (Gen 3: 8).
The very voice of the Lord which once brought joy to them, now brought fear and terror. It was not a change in God’s way of walking or a change in His voice that brought terror, but the change in man’s character. Now also, fear and worry are not brought about by our environment, but by the state of our inner life.
Adam could have rightly confessed, “I was afraid because I had sinned” rather than saying, “I was afraid because I was naked.” Adam was not only hiding from God, but was also hiding the fact from God. “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper”(Prov 28:13). Though man tried to cover himself with fig leaves, it wouldn’t help. All our own righteousness is only filthy rags in God’s sight (Isa 64:6).
Sin stripped man of his good conscience and he became naked in his own sight and in the sight of God. Now he runs for cover to refuges which are no refuges at all. God is our hiding place; where can a man hide from God? “All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do” (Heb 4:13).
A time will come when all false refuges will disappear. “The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies and the waters shall overflow the hiding place”(Isa 28:17). Let us therefore give up all our false refuges. Instead of trying to cover up our faults, instead of trying to hide from God, let us, like David, cry, “Whither shall I flee from Thy presence ? … Yea, the darkness hideth not from Thee … the darkness and the light are both alike to Thee” (Psa 139:7,12).
– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion
Adam could have rightly confessed, “I was afraid because I had sinned” rather than saying, “I was afraid because I was naked.” Adam was not only hiding from God, but was also hiding the fact from God. “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper”(Prov 28:13). Though man tried to cover himself with fig leaves, it wouldn’t help. All our own righteousness is only filthy rags in God’s sight (Isa 64:6).
Sin stripped man of his good conscience and he became naked in his own sight and in the sight of God. Now he runs for cover to refuges which are no refuges at all. God is our hiding place; where can a man hide from God? “All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do” (Heb 4:13).
A time will come when all false refuges will disappear. “The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies and the waters shall overflow the hiding place”(Isa 28:17). Let us therefore give up all our false refuges. Instead of trying to cover up our faults, instead of trying to hide from God, let us, like David, cry, “Whither shall I flee from Thy presence ? … Yea, the darkness hideth not from Thee … the darkness and the light are both alike to Thee” (Psa 139:7,12).
– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion
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