Who told you you were naked?
What do we know about God? All we know is what He tells us, and what He shows us. But as a whole, we really don’t know very much at all. I’ve been a follower for 20 years, and I feel at times like I’ve been a follower for 20 seconds. I know what His word says. I know what I see Him doing. But I have no clue. He still blows me away, and He will keep on doing that forever I think. I’m okay with that. I have nothing better to do. Really, I don’t. And neither do you. We live, and move, and have our being, in Him. Without Him we die, we stagnate and merely exist. What does that have to do with what I said at first? To be without Him is as fearful thing. Lost, dead, dormant, meaningless. So fear Him, before you understand Him. And fear is the beginning of knowledge of Him. You can never know Him, unless you fear Him. Fear being apart from Him. Fear separation. Adam and Eve feared because they were naked. “Who told you you were naked? I certainly didn’t. And if that fear makes you hide from me, you really don’t know me very well. You really don’t fear me very well. ” We need to be more concerned with how God sees us, and so much less with our own view of ourselves. We look through damaged eyes and process with a damaged mind. Were they naked? Why yes, yes they were. God didn’t say they weren’t. He only said, “who told you?” Meaning, who or what are you listening to. We are all naked, no doubt. But don’t let your mind fear what may or may not be important. When we do, we’ll miss the really important things. Like a stroll in the cool of the day.
