Genesis 3 shows God pursuing. Man has wondered away, he's lost, and God goes after him. God knows where man is hiding, but he invites, rather than commands. Drawing him back, drawing him out he calls out, "Adam, where are you?"
Adam had walked with God, had relationship with God. He had wanted that relationship with God, but along the way he allowed himself to want something else more. That's the way it is with me. I know I should say "no," yet I convince myself its harmless enough just this once. But now closeness to God is lost, and despairing in my failure I want to withdraw--hide, from God and others. It's not that I didn't want God, but that I wanted something else more.
Still, today, God pursues. Still today God is calling to those He made to have relationship with Him, "Where are you?"
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Romans - Living in God's Great Work
The book of Roman's is perhaps the apostle's opus, Paul's great work about God's great work. God's great work through history is the restoration of humanity. Our series in the book of Romans will take us deeper into God's great work. As you follow the series, join the conversation by adding your comments below.
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This is one of the things that I love about God. I wander away, wanting to do my own thing, but God always follows after me calling my name and wanting me to come back to Him. Praise the Lord, for He is always faithful!
I wrote a whole page of notes on this chapter; its a good one. 2 thoughts; what would of happend if we never ate of the tree and lived in harmony with him (even now). And if God and Adam (+Eve) had a good relationship, wouldnt they have trusted God and not taken of the fruit. Not saying that i would of done anything different. But i would think that they would have one of the best relationship in the History of the world.
Anyway, just a few thoughts. And i have more, but i dont want take up to much room. =)
-Alicia
Yes, it's grace that even though we wander, God pursues us.
One of the things I see from Adam is that it's not that he didn't want relationship with God, but that he - at times - wanted something else more. I think that describes me still. We want to know God, walk with Him, yet voices shout at us, draw us aside, and along the way, in the moment, just for the moment, we want something else more...
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