When we were just kids, we liked to talk a lot. We uttered things that seemed irrelevant to adults but highly important to us. We made comments. We asked questions. But as we grow older, we tend to become silent. Words are getting fewer to most of us. Questions rarely come out maybe because we do not wish to be branded as unknowledgeable. Comments come in the form of criticism.
Man was designed for communication. In the beginning, God created him to be in God’s image. He is a talking being. Not only does he see, but more importantly he talks. This ability is given to him by His Creator because Gods wants to fellowship with man.
In the cool of the day, the Omnipotent loving God would come and talk to Adam and Eve. He loved having conversation with them like a friend to his comrade or a father to his child. They spent wonderful fellowship in eternity because in the beginning man was not bound by time. He lived in the same sphere as God. No death; just a continuous blissful life with no worries.
During these moments, Adam and Eve just talk to God without qualms, without barriers, without reservation. What could have they been talking about? Maybe they laughed together, planned together, played together.
Then one day, the old serpent visited them. Envious that God would talk to clay-beings while he was thrown out of the presence of the Almighty, he lured the first man and woman into sinning against God.
When God arrived for the supposed talking session, Adam and Eve for the first time where nowhere to be found. They hid from God because they were ashamed. From then on, man could no longer approach God as before. And God would not commune with man without a sacrifice. The communication barrier, that is, sin, was established.
If Adam wanted to talk to God, he needed to offer a peace offering so that God would come down and talk to them. The sweet aroma of an unblemished lamb became a pass for them to approach the throne of God. No more were the days when with just a word, God would with be there for them.
God came down to Mount Sinai during the time of Moses to give His commandments to the people of Israel so that they will walk in accordance with what His standards, but the people became afraid of God’s presence. They trembled at His coming, at His voice. Again, the ordinance of a sin offering, peace offering was instituted for the sin of man to be covered and for him to approach God.
Then, Jesus, the Lamb of God, came to earth. He bore all of man’s sins thru His sacrificial death on the cross. He was offered as a sacrifice. His death became a sweet aroma before God. Now, man need not bring a lamb to be offered to God. He can simply approach God in Jesus’ Name because the blood of the Lamb of God cleanses any sin so that everytime man comes to God, there is no spot or wrinkle found in the believer. He is free to approach God.
The relationship back then in the Garden of Eden before man sinned was restore. God and man can now freely talk to each other like before. In the cool of the day, God comes down again and talks to whomsoever is willing to talk to Him.
So as often as we need to seek God, the door is wide open for those who accepted the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ in Calvary.
Why don’t you do that today? He loves you more than you would understand. There’s no need for you to carry your burdens alone. Jesus Christ bore these all for you. Reach out to Him.
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