I’m still sitting with Genesis 3.

Yesterday, I reflected on the serpent’s question: “Did God really say…?”

It was not just a question about a rule. It was an invitation to question God’s goodness. To stop trusting His voice. To take His place as the one who decides what is good and evil.

But what happens next is just as important.

Adam and Eve eat the fruit. Their eyes are opened. Shame enters the story. They realize they are naked, so they cover themselves with fig leaves. Then they hear God walking in the garden.

And they hide.

That line gets me. They do not run to God. They hide from Him.

Which, if I’m honest, feels very human.

When I sin, when I fail, when I know I have stepped outside of what is good, my first instinct is not always to run toward God. Sometimes I hide. I distract myself. I justify myself. I avoid prayer. I cover myself with whatever fig leaves I can find.

But then God asks:

“Where are you?”

Of course, God knows where they are. He knows where I am.

The question is not for God’s benefit. It is for theirs. It’s for ours.

It is an invitation.

Come out of hiding. Tell the truth.

Let’s name what happened.

There is something quire fatherly in the way God approaches them. The moment is serious. The consequences will be painful. Sin has entered the human story, and nothing will be the same.

And yet God does not simply crush them.

He comes looking.

He asks questions.

He draws them out.

He lets them speak.

Adam blames Eve. Eve blames the serpent. No one exactly takes responsibility. And still, God stays in the conversation.

That does not mean there are no consequences. There are. Serious ones.

But even here, in the wreckage, we see something beautiful about God.

The first picture we get of God after human sin is not God walking away from humanity. It is God walking toward them.

They hide. He comes looking.

They cover themselves. He eventually covers them.

They have broken trust. He begins the long work of redemption.

That is worth remembering.

Because maybe you are hiding too.

Maybe not in some dramatic way. Maybe you are just avoiding God in one small corner of your life. A sin you do not want to name. A fear you do not want to face. A disappointment you do not want to bring into prayer. A shame you have been trying to cover on your own.

Genesis 3 reminds us that God is not indifferent to sin.

But He is also not indifferent to us.

He comes looking.

Not because the sin does not matter.

But because we do.

And maybe the most honest prayer we can pray today is simply this:

“God, here I am.”