WHERE ARE YOU?
I was reading in Genesis this week and came across something that made me think.
It’s the first recorded question God ever asks.
“Where are you?”
Genesis 3:9
That question wasn’t about location.
It was about distance.
What had once been close was now far.
Adam hadn’t gone anywhere new.
He was still in the garden.
Still near the presence of God.
But something had changed.
Trust had fractured.
Openness had closed.
And distance entered the relationship.
I heard someone say recently,
“If you feel far from God, He wasn’t the one who moved.”
That sentence lingers because it’s true.
Adam didn’t leave the garden.
He hid in it.
He didn’t lack knowledge.
He certainly knew where Adam was.
God was naming the gap.
And that’s often how distance works.
Not rebellion.
Just withdrawal.
That’s why God asked the question.
Not because He lacked knowledge.
But because He was acknowledging what had been lost.
Most of us don’t wake up far from God.
We drift there slowly.
Still believing.
Still functioning.
Still showing up.
The good news is this.
The moment distance is recognized, nearness becomes possible again.
God doesn’t wait for us to close the gap alone.
He moves toward us and invites honesty.
The way back doesn’t begin with fixing everything.
It begins with answering the question.
Where are you?
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