How do you start your day?
Do you typically have a routine that you follow that helps you begin a productive day?
I want to share a simple morning practice with you that I often do, and perhaps it may be of benefit to you as well.
I have spent lots of time meditating over what Scripture tells us of the Garden of Eden, the venomous lure that our enemy continuously uses over humanity which resulted in the spiralling fallout of sin and the separation of creation from Creator. For me, the love and grace of Jesus as Lord and Saviour begins way back at the beginning of time, and so my mind lingers over the beauty of the narrative as a whole and the redemption that we each have the opportunity to choose. Like Adam and Eve, I believe for us it begins with a question… “Where are you?”
“When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees. Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” – Genesis 3:8-9 (NLT)
God wasn’t asking the question because He didn’t know where they were – He’s God afterall! The question was for Adam and Eve, and their own self-reflection.
Since the Garden, the enemy has tried to convince us that we can hide from God, secluding parts of us from being seen or known by God. Sin is the caveat that brought separation between us and God, but exposure of our sin through repentance, and acknowledging our need for a Saviour is what brings freedom to our souls. Freedom to know Him intimately – to hear His voice and understand the mysteries He desires to reveal to each of us, through the Word and the Spirit. See, God’s question of our whereabouts isn’t about our physical posture but rather our spiritual one.
And so, often in the morning, I’ll begin my day picturing that God is asking me, “Where are you?”
Where am I?
Where am I spiritually? Where am I in relation to where God is and what God is doing?
Are there specific areas of your life you try to keep hidden from God? Not wanting to bring change to an aspect of life that you’re satisfied with, regardless if it’s God’s best for you? It takes courage to seek the Holy Spirit to reveal to us what needs to be pruned from our lives – the beauty that waits on the other side of such surrender, is freedom and greater intimacy with our Creator.
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