God among us

:: S ::

Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. - Genesis 3:8, TNIV

:: O ::

The garden God created, He dwelled within. The picture we are presented with, of Him walking in the garden in the cool of the day, seems to be one of a "matter-of-fact", a natural thing that God would do. He is at ease, comfortable, and Adam and Eve seems to feel the same too, up until this point - where the knowledge of their nakedness, their knowledge of good and evil, and the resulting sense of shame got in the way.

:: A ::

It's suddenly come to mind that it should not be unnatural to think that God does want to dwell with us. This was indeed what it was like at the beginning. He is a God that loves the world He created, a God that desires to live in relationship with us. Our own sense of shame gets in the way, as we condemn ourselves with our knowledge of good and evil.

We all know by rhetoric that we have received salvation through Christ. But how many of us truly can say we have experienced salvation - from the knowledge of good and evil?

:: P ::

My heart's skipped a beat Lord, to know that you desire to dwell with us. That you are not a God that is invisible, far off and impossible to reach. And that You haven't stopped desiring to dwell with us, that You are still at work to see your purpose and will come to pass. Amen.