Topic: Where Art Thou?
Text: Genesis 3:1-13

It takes only God and you to settle the question of how much time you have left. The question, “Where art thou?” asked by the Almighty God in the Garden of Eden could be directed to any of us. I believe that we need to start by knowing that there is a difference between a question of love and a question of query. If I should ask someone, How are you?” it is a question of love, directed at the well being of the person. However, if I ask, “Why are you doing that?” This is a query. I believe that the question the Almighty God asked in the Garden of Eden was a question of love. God was not querying Adam in anger. If God was angry, He couldn’t have bothered Himself clothing Adam and Eve. He asked the question to enable them give an answer, and for something to happen.

I pray that whenever God asks you, “Where art thou?” you will answer correctly. It pays to know where you are because it helps you to know where you are heading for and helps you make adjustments, if necessary. When He asks us this question, there are various ways we could give answers. Our situation would be different. I believe that when the question went to Paul, at the time he was writing to the Philippians, in Philippians 3:13-14, said in essence that he had not arrived yet but was moving in the right direction. He said, “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Are you pressing forward? Another question, which you will do well to provide an answer to, is, “How much time do you have left?”

It takes only God and you to settle the question of how much time you have left. As a matter of fact, I am not sure any of us can specifically say how much time we have left. Therefore, only God can deal with that question. This leads to another question: Where exactly are you in the journey between the day you were born and the day you will leave this world?

Memory Verse: Proverbs 1:17 - “Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.”