Hiding from God's Presence

The Inescapable God
God Sustains
Genesis 3:2-8 (The Message)
 ^2-3 The Woman said to the serpent, "Not at all. We can eat from the trees in the garden. It's only about the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, 'Don't eat from it; don't even touch it or you'll die.'"
 ^4-5 The serpent told the Woman, "You won't die. God knows that the moment you eat from that tree, you'll see what's really going on. You'll be just like God, knowing everything, ranging all the way from good to evil."
 ⁶ When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she'd know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.
 ⁷ Immediately the two of them did "see what's really going on"—saw themselves naked! They sewed fig leaves together as makeshift clothes for themselves.
 ⁸ When they heard the sound of God strolling in the garden in the evening breeze, the Man and his Wife hid in the trees of the garden, hid from God
 

For Reflection

But they did die to the life and relationship which God intended and now must be born again in reconciliation with God.  This passage reveals the essence of our status in God's kingdom.  We, because of our own action separate ourselves from God.  But God invites us to reunite with him.  All is forgiven. All we must do is confess our sins and repent.  God knows everything.  We cannot hide from Him. He will persist in seeking reconciliation.

Pray
in praise of our loving God.  Pray that all those who hide from God realize the value of god's great promise and come to live in the hollow of God's hand.