Our Verse for today is Genesis 3:8
“When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the LORD God walking about in the garden. “ Genesis 3:8
No one can see God. He is invisible. He is Spirit. Yet right from the beginning of the Bible story, he reaches out to mankind. That’s why the Lord God made himself known, “walking” with Adam in the Garden.
God revealed himself first in a Garden of Eden. The Old Testament has many other examples of this, and in the New Testament the Son of God became a man and lived among us. So it should not seem strange that he should reach out to Adam and Eve. His appearance show us God’s intense desire to establish fellowship with us.
God came out of his dwelling, entered human time and space, and came to Eden so that he could walk with the first man and woman in the Garden. Maybe Adam and Eve heard the crackling of twigs and the rustling of leaves. But we do know that when the cool evening breezes were blowing, Adam and Eve heard the LORD God walking about in the garden.
God is invisible. He is Spirit. Yet right from the beginning of the Bible story, he reaches out to make himself known. That’s why the Lord God was “walking” in the Garden.
In the New Testament the Son of God became a man, so it should not seem strange that he should reach out to Adam and Eve. These appearances show us God’s intense desire to establish fellowship with us.
Adam and Eve walked with God in Eden as surely as Peter, James, and John walked with Jesus in Galilee.
As Adam and Eve walked with God, they asked questions and enjoyed conversation. Can you imagine what this must have been like? God was interested in what Adam had done during the day, and he listened to whatever was on Eve’s mind. God spoke to them. Yes, God spoke to them. The man and the woman were literally walking in fellowship with God.
When God appeared to Adam and Eve, he did for them what he does for all his people. We cannot see God, but Jesus Christ gives us access to the Father when we come in faith. This is God’s way of creating a relationship with you. His presence today is as real as it was when he appeared ito Adam.
After all, his name is Immanuel means “God with us.” Matthew 1:23
Lonnie Davis