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You Really Don't Want To Be There


Where?

Maybe it’s the dentist’s chair or the Emergency Room or the Principal’s office.  You may not want to be there!

Or maybe it’s the places we tend to avoid, the places where illicit or illegal activities take place. You probably just don’t want to be there!

There are two places you actually really don’t want to be.  One is hiding from and the other is away from.

Adam and Eve walked with God in the garden.  Then they sinned.  They became afraid and ashamed and hid from God (Gen 3:8).  Hiding from God is almost always a result of sin and the accompanying feelings of fear or guilt or shame.  You really don’t want to be there!

Cain and Abel were Adam and Eve’s sons.  Cain was jealous of Abel and killed him.   After Cain killed his brother, the Lord detailed Cain’s punishment.  Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord (Gen 4:16).  Going away from the presence of God is almost always a result of sin and the accompanying feelings of fear or guilt or shame.  You really don’t want to be there!

When we believe in and receive His son, we have access to His presence.  He also takes away our sin and deals with our feelings of fear or guilt or shame.  We then no longer have to hide from God and we no longer have to be away from His presence.

In fact, we are, as His children, forever in His presence and His presence is forever with us.  That’s where you really want to be!


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