"The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame."
Genesis 2:25
"Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
Genesis 3:7, 10
Adam and Eve were transparent before the Lord before the Fall,
their physical nakedness is also a metaphor for a great truth:
there is nothing in any of us that is unseen by our Creator.
Fig leaves, clothing, lies, or other facades cannot hide anything about us,
our true condition, from a Holy God. We often try to cover things up, throwing up a smoke screen that fools some, maybe even most people, but the One who made us knows the condition of our hearts that drives every thought and action, and we remain naked before Him.
We can run, but there is no hiding, and yet so many keep trying to obscure what He knows-
and what way down deep down inside each of us knows:
we desperately need Him and whatever the problem is He is the only answer.
It is only when we stop running and hiding,
and admit we are laid bare before the Uncreated Creator,
confessing everything He already knows, can real life begin.
Genesis 2:25
"Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
Genesis 3:7, 10
Adam and Eve were transparent before the Lord before the Fall,
their physical nakedness is also a metaphor for a great truth:
there is nothing in any of us that is unseen by our Creator.
Fig leaves, clothing, lies, or other facades cannot hide anything about us,
our true condition, from a Holy God. We often try to cover things up, throwing up a smoke screen that fools some, maybe even most people, but the One who made us knows the condition of our hearts that drives every thought and action, and we remain naked before Him.
We can run, but there is no hiding, and yet so many keep trying to obscure what He knows-
and what way down deep down inside each of us knows:
we desperately need Him and whatever the problem is He is the only answer.
It is only when we stop running and hiding,
and admit we are laid bare before the Uncreated Creator,
confessing everything He already knows, can real life begin.
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