FAITH CAPSULE: Know that God is near at all times.
Genesis 3
The creation of God is the word of God.
The word of God is God.
The word of God is not far, the evidence that God is near to all.
Psalm 75:1-2 declares, “We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks!
For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.”
Calling God by His name is evidence that God is near.
Are you near to God?
Do you know if you are near to God or far from God?
The majority of reason to be far from God is rooted in not giving regard to God.
Knowing that God is near all times, the majority takes the position of distance from God the evidence of disobedience to the word of God.
Disobedience to God is evidence of sin before God.
One with sin consciously or unconsciously cannot hide from God to see but keeps a distance from God.
Living in sin will not accommodate the glory of God.
Romans 3:23 buttressed, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
With sin, all will be short of the presence of God, not being in His presence that is always near.
Consciously or unconsciously, are you living in sin that keeps you far and not near to God?
One in disobedient will hid from the presence of God.
The sin of Adam and Eve made them far from the near of God.
Genesis 3:6-10 documents Adam and Eve for the distance from God, “So, when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. And they heard the sound 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 among the trees of the garden. Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?” So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, and I hid myself.”
God creates all with His care to keep all near Him, but the sin rooted in not knowing God keeps all far from God.
Sin kept Adam and Eve far from God, not never far from them.
Are you living obediently or disobediently before God?
Obediently, give self to the word of God, walking in His presence and not far from Him.
God is near, always.
Get to know God, not to live a life far from God.
Prayer for today: Ask to live life for God, to gain and retain His presence.