We Sin, God Searches

Genesis 3:8–9 (ESV) And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”

The first sin is going to set the stage for the drama of Redemption. And in this drama, God is the antagonist going after His lost people. 

The devil had convinced Eve that at the very core, God did not care about her. If He did, He wouldn't have kept that specific tree off the table. She was convinced and desired all that God was keeping from her and so sin entered the world as passive Adam also felt God was robbing him of what should have been his.

But the narrative takes us to this undeniable truth:
As soon as they sin... God seeks them out.
They run and hide... God comes and finds.

The lie of the devil is expose not only before our sin in this passage... but also after our sin.

This is the Gospel played out for the rest of human history. C. S. Lewis called him the "Hound of heaven." He seeks us out and magnificently defeats us in our absorption showing our ambitions for the fruitless endeavors they are and we are FOUND in Christ and by Christ.

When we understand this, we change our approach to God after we sin. We don't run and hide, we come out and confess. He is not going to disown us, He is going to save us.

The real problem will be that of Cain - to scorn his help and build our own cities.

You don't have to let sin kick you down the street from God's saving mercy. You can know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ who comes to us in our darkness and loves us. He is the one who came to "seek and to save that which was lost." He is the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for the sheep. He is the true Elder brother who reunites the wayward son with the Father.

Stop letting sin shame you away from the only one who can save you.

His Name is Jesus. And He's looking out for you.