Where are you hiding?

This devo is based off my talk from last weeks Pusion (Power Surge/Fusion combo on Wednesday night)!

In Genesis 3:-10, God asked Adam: "Where are you?" In other words, "Where are you hiding dude?" We are all hiding behind, in, or with something. So I want to ask us: where are we hiding? Where are we in our relationship with Jesus Christ?

Here are a couple things NOT good to hide in or behind:

1. A Tree: the tree symbolizes the tree Adam and Eve hid behind in Genesis 3:8-10 once they disobeyed God's command. Are you hiding behind a sin?

2. A Mask: the greek word for hypocrite means "an actor"...being someone we are NOT. Are any of us "acting" like a Christian but "re-acting" like a non-Christian. How do you "re-act" when someone is mean to you? With love and prayer for them, or gossip and hatred? It is "easy" to "act" like a Christian...harder to "re-act" like a Christian!

3. Your "to-do" list: Are you hiding behind your "to-do" list. Some of us are so "busy" getting things done that we are NOT "getting things done!" You know what I mean? We are busy doing "our" things. What about God's things?

4. OUR "buts"...Excuses: what excuses are we hiding behind? I would pray, but I got homework and practice. I would go to church, my American Idol is on. I would clean my room, "BUT...BUT...BUT!!!"

HERE IS WHERE WE WANT TO "HIDE"!-->

With Jesus in God: any of us hiding with Jesus Christ in God? Colossians 3:3 says, "For you died, and your life is hiden with Christ in God." This is where we WANT TO HIDE! "WITH CHRIST IN GOD!" TO "HIDE" in this verse means to be "WRAPPED UP" in Jesus! Are you so "WRAPPED UP" in Jesus that you are praying "gut wrenching" prayers like He did in the Garden of Gethsemene (Luke 22:39-46)? Are you "feeling" the burden of the cross you are carrying? Are you loving God the Father and your neighbor with passion?

May you find yourself "HIDDEN" in Jesus...SO "WRAPPED UP" in His LIFE that you WRAP yourself around His Cross and find the heartbeat of Jesus to be your own! AMEN in Christ our Life (Colossians 3:4)!