Adam, Where are You?

STRENGTH FOR MY DAYS 
A Daily Devotional by Bishop David Bakare

Adam, Where are You?

Thursday, 5 September

 

And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? Genesis 3:9 

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY: Genesis 3:1-11 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they heard the voice 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 amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

 

MORE LESSON: Matthew 5:13-16 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

 

God created man and put him in the Garden of Eden to take care of it. Apparently the devil sinned in the beginning and lost his place; he was thrown down to the earth alongside a third of the angels. Thus rebellion became normal in the earth and man was created as the solution to rebellion. It means that man was supposed to be God's representative to enforce God's will on the earth.

However tragedy struck the day Eve was deceived into eating the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The devil promised that they would be as wise as God and she fell for his trick. When God came visiting Adam and Eve in the cool of the day, He asked a very pertinent question that still echoes from creation till now: “Adam, where are you?” This wasn't a question of unawareness; it wasn't as if God was unaware of man's where about. God was asking because Adam was no longer in his position of authority. He had been stripped of his authority through the deceit of the devil and he no longer had the charge to do as he had been commanded, to dress and keep the Garden. God sent man out of the Garden of Eden so that he would not eat of the tree of life and could redeem man come back to that position of authority.

This act of man’s disobedience transferred his authority on earth to the devil. And for a long time, the devil had a field day causing havoc on the earth. However thanks be to Jesus who came and died to restore the lost authority to man. Thus man can again represent the fullness of God's interest on earth. Everywhere you see evil prevailing in the world today, God is still asking the same question, “Adam where are you?” This is because so long as man remains in his place of authority, the will of God will find free expression on the earth. But whenever this is missing, chaos and anarchy becomes the order of the day.

We have been redeemed as God’s ambassadors in every sphere of influence, be it in politics, family life, education, religion, etc. Whatsoever your sphere of influence, we are supposed to represent the interest of God's kingdom in that system. So the chaos in the world today is a pointer to the fact that we are not yet demonstrating or living the fullness of the authority that Christ restored to His Church, because the reason why Jesus came was so that the works of the devil can be destroyed.

I hear God asking you again, Where are you? It is high time every child of God rose to the fullness of our calling; that is, representing the interest of God in every sphere of influence in the world so that we can become the light in the darkness. Gross darkness will yet cover the earth but the glory of God will rise upon His children and together we will shine the light until the will of God finds free course on the earth as waters cover the sea.

 

Prayer/Action

* Pray that you shall continually be a leading light.

* Ask that all the glory lost in the garden will be restored back to you now as you connect to your redemption privileges in the Lord.

 

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER: Holy Spirit of God, cause this new month to be perfumed with favour and acceptance for me everywhere I go, in the excelling name of Jesus.