Genesis 3:8-9
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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?
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Exodus 24:9 “Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:”
Exodus 24:13“And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.”
Exodus 24:15 “And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.”
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We now live in an era where, through Jesus, God wants to reveal and manifest himself to the world. In this era, God’s manifested presence is not meant to be rare or uncommon. It’s meant to be poured out everywhere. It’s meant to be a regular occurrence for believers to experience His presence manifested among us.
All these things uphold our freedom in Christ and allow for us to experience God’s manifested presence. Until Christ returns let’s keep walking in these things and in our assignment to help as many as we can to find and experience the freedom we have in Christ.
In the Old Testament God revealed and manifested himself at different times, but generally it was limited to a few and limited to one nation – Israel. In the New Testament we see that through Christ, God has chosen to manifest and pour out His Spirit on all people, from every nation whether young or old.
Everyone has those people, we just enjoy being around more than others. No one human being is alike, and God made us this way. Can you imagine life if we all liked the same thing? Wow. How boring would that be? Even though it would be nice sometimes if my wife liked more of what I liked. You know, cold temperatures as opposed to warm. Tarheels instead of Duke (Pray for her). A good cheeseburger versus Mexican food. Yes, you guessed it. We are the opposite of each other. If I choose one, she will normally choose the other. As the saying goes, opposites really do attract. Despite her not liking Mountain Dew, the drink of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, and my mansion swimming pool in Heaven, I still enjoy my time with her. And the more we are together the more time I want to spend with her.
These relationships are similar like the one we have with God. You know we truly in a lot of ways are the opposite of God. We have so much sin in our life and God does not. Our flesh wants to run toward this sin, and it is only the Holy Spirit that tries to hold us back. And repeatedly we fail to meet the standards that God has for us. We live in this imperfect world in an imperfect body just trying to stay on track. And even though we are the opposite of God the relationship just works.
But I wonder if somewhere along the line we become accustomed to just going through the motions with God. Two ways we meet with God. Through the reading of our Bible, this is God speaking to us. And then through prayer, this is us speaking to God. But do we really meet with Him? In the verses above we see God having a personal relationship with Adam. God would come around every afternoon just to walk with Adam and have fellowship. There was a time and a place. And when this was broken because of the shame of Adams’ sin God thought enough about this to put it in the Bible. Adam was there but he was not. This story reminds me of the times I have prayed but was not really in the moment. Those times when I knew I needed to pray but just did not take much time when I did pray. My mind was somewhere else. Or just so overwhelmed with the schedule. Sounds familiar?
Lately, I have tried to change my prayer life. I want it to be my time with God that nothing else can invade, impede, or take control over. I want my prayer with God to be the most important thing in my life at that time. Our time. One of the things I have done is set my alarm on my phone every day to go off and remind me that it is my time to talk to God. I want to be just like Adam when he has a place and time to meet. And for that moment I want God to have my full attention. I can tell you that it has turned a prayer life that sometimes got stagnant into a more enjoyable time with our God.
I wonder if today your prayer life is not what it once was. Do you enjoy praying? The good news is God is always there asking, Where art thou.” What is your answer?
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