Sunday, February 26, 2017

Get Real

Get Real

Have you ever noticed how fake we can be towards God sometimes?  How we tend to shy away and hide when missing the mark instead of being honest and open before Him?  I suppose it’s human nature since it started back in the Garden of Eden, but I’m beginning to wonder why we still waste our time hiding our short-comings from a God who chooses to view us  through His perfect Son.  God’s not interested in your shortcomings that would endeavor to keep you from Him, He’s only interested in you coming to Him!

When Adam and Eve sinned in the garden, what ensued were some of the saddest words in all of Scripture.  Check out Genesis 3:8-11 “The Message.”

8 When they heard the sound of God strolling in the garden in the evening breeze, the Man and his Wife hid in the trees of the garden, hid from God. 9 God called to the Man: “Where are you?” 10 He said, “I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked. And I hid.” 11 God said, “Who told you you were naked? Did you eat from that tree I told you not to eat from?”
Adam hid because he was ashamed and naked, but God’s response was, “Who told you that you were naked?”  Adam, who told you that you should be ashamed?  Who have you been listening to?  You think God didn’t already know the answers to what He was asking?  You think He couldn’t have come down right where Adam and Eve were and ask them why they took the fruit?  Of course He could have!  But their free will was in play and God wanted to give them every opportunity to simply come to Him.


When God made a decision to forgive our past, present, and future sins, through Jesus; He made the decision for us easy.  Get real, keep it real, and always come to Him.  No more hiding, no more being fake, only open and honest before a Savior who risked it all for us to simply COME TO HIM.  Get real today and tell someone else to get real, too!

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