Abba Time… Side by Side and Hand in Hand!

Genesis 3:8-9 They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”

Where are you when it’s Abba time?

From God’s heart to our well-being. Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.” Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. (Genesis 2:18-20)

Can you see this picture? God, wanting to give Adam us the very best “helper” (perfectly matched for him), so He formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky and… brought them to the man to see what he would call them.

Wow! Just WOW! God, side by side with Adam – maybe even reclining next to Adam in the grass, or bending low to see and enjoy Adam’s reaction to each creature, while proudly watching and encouraging, Adam’s position of authority and his training in Garden Management, for this, the garden Abba built for him (Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” Genesis 1:26 ).

Like Father like son/daughter… He knew us INTIMATELY! God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 1:27.

Do you see yourself, sitting with Abba as He brings you “suitable helpers” for you to name, claim, and enjoy in the garden He has created for you and Him enjoy together, along with all the other creatures made and placed in this garden called you?

Do you see Him and you, together, planning and managing all things included in abundant life living?

Do you celebrate with your Abba… cry with you Abba… laugh with your Abba…walk and run and skip with your Abba?

Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Genesis 2:7  Living beings with the breath of God in us! Created in His image with His Will that we should rule creation with Him.

Pretty heady stuff when contemplate it!!

They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day… Do you hear the sound of God walking in your garden in the cool of the day? Do you run to Him for Abba time?

Or are you, like Adam and Eve, “afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” Genesis 3:10?

Are you hiding from Abba? Or like some, have you put a KEEP OUT sign on God’s side of your garden gate?

I’ll admit, this earth that God created for us, is not now what He intended it to be. It is not the garden free of evil that existed before sin. And because it isn’t, we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body. Romans 8:22-23

But God… our Abba… never left or abandoned us.

From DAY 1, He had… has… and will bring about His will – His promise of new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.  2 Peter 3:13

So, why doesn’t He JUST DO IT??? The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 

Abba is waiting for you!

Deuteronomy 32:11 “Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that hovers over its young, He spread His wings and caught them, He carried them on His pinions.

He wants us to FLY… like an eagle!

Isaiah 40:31 Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary. 

It truly is… ABBA TIME! 1 John 3:1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God;

Meet with Him in the garden of YOUR life!

Side by Side and Hand in Hand!

Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. 

**All Scripture quoted comes from the “Bible Gateway” app and is the NASB version of the Bible unless otherwise noted.