Saturday 11 Feb 2023

February 11: Genesis 3:9-11

Key Verse: Genesis 3:10
He answered, ‘I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.’

Devotion:
When was the last time you hid from someone in charge because you had done something wrong? I can remember trying to run away to my friends house to hide because I had done something terrible at home… Of course it didn’t work because my friends parents came round to see what had gone wrong… lets just say emergency services were there to make things safe again!

I’m pretty sure my parents knew exactly where I would head off to when something big like this happened and having people all around who look after you and care for you makes it almost impossible to disappear at times like that. God knows us better than we think He does. He knows where we will try to hide and knows what we get up to…

My parents would have shouted at me long before things got out of hand if they had been on the scene at the time! But they weren’t, and things got out of hand and my brother and I ended up getting into a lot of trouble for the trouble we caused. When we go against God’s wishes in our lives we do face having to admit to our faults at some stage because God already knows! My parents had to ask someone else what happened because they were both working at the time; luckily there was someone looking after us but they were on the other side of the house at the time…

When God came back to see what had happened, the man had run away to hide. I’m pretty sure God knew exactly where he was but God wanted the man to admit to the fault before He passed judgement! The man was not let off just because he admitted the fault; he still had to face the consequences, but because he willingly admitted it, God would make a way whereby the man could be forgiven. That is how awesome God is!

Points to Ponder:
Do you try to hide from problems?

Are you willing to face the consequences?