TOPIC: LOCATION DETERMINES ALLOCATION
MEMORISE
And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house." So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully (Luke 19: 5,6).
READ:
Genesis 3:8,9
[8]. And they heard the sound 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 among the trees of the garden.
[9]. Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”
EXPOSITION
"Where there is no expectation, there can be no disappointment". The question, as captured in today's text, is asked, when there is an expectation to meet someone in a particular location and that person isn't there. It precedes an earlier discussion or agreement. Thus, the question posed to Adam implies that there must have been a particular location in the Garden of Eden where God regularly met with Adam
You might be wondering how possible it is for man to hide from God as stated in verse 8. Yes! No man can hide from God, Psalm 139 affirms. Yet, in this case, the word "hid" is to affirm the fact that man is tries to hide from God when he is not in his God-expected location, where divinity meets with humanity (Exod. 33:21). Also, God's question to Adam, "Where are you?" implies the possibility of man getting lost, even in the Garden. If God could be looking for Adam in the Garden of Eden, it means that one can still be in the circumference of the prescription of God, but not in the exact location he should be.
This same question comes to you, dear reader, as you observe your time with God today: Where are you? Are you in your God-given location, doing your God-given assignment, or you have gone AWOL? Remember, your location determines your allocations, and your allocations are directly proportional to your obedience in your God- given location.
SUGGESTED HYMN FOR TODAY:
CAC GHB 866
1. When temptations round me about
And world problems encompass me
When the foe appear as a friend
To seek after my destruction.
Chorus:
O Lord call upon me to come
As Thou in garden call'd Adam
Saying, where art thou o sinner
That I may from the fault be free.
2. When satan tends to deceive me
To world's highest hill then lift me
With his command to bow for Him
That I may posses all world's lusts.
3. When glorious of the worlds tend to,
Force me to go against Thy laws,
When behind me stood against me,
With promise that, all will be well
4. When all my expectation fails
And idol and strange gods follow
When incantations be my song,
And spells became my morning prayer.
5. When in my will. I love to walk
In heretic love of my heart
And when my heart moves here and there
When neither cold nor hot I am.
6. When I am lost like the bush dog,
Who fails to hear the hunter's call
When hope to return failure be,
Then in sins I wallow always.
7. When there is no sympathizers,
And comforters far'way from me.
When sorrows like storm covers me,
And bow my head in repentance.
Amen.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Lord, don't abandon me; continue to locate and give me the benefits of Your refreshing presence, day by day.
2. Holy Spirit, please always call me to order whenever I am about to stray.
3. Lord, help our children, teens and youths, to remain in Your love, doing Your will, even long after we might have gone.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY:
Psalms 141:1-145:7
AUTHOR
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Remain blessed
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