1 John 3:20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.

We believe this to be true.

Adam didn’t know that.

Genesis 3:9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”

God knew where Adam was and why Adam was hiding.

Genesis 3:11 He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

Again God knew and yet asked Adam two more questions.

We hide our faces from God because we are ashamed and we need to confess our sins, even though God already knows. The answers are not for God’s benefit. It is for our benefit.

Some people think they can hide from God but they cannot.

Some people refuse to believe God is calling them out on their sins.

Some people refuse to believe there is a God and He knows that too.

Lamentations 3:22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;

Romans 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

I find it comforting to focus on His love and mercies. A living sacrifice chooses to obey by faith rather than choosing to live by the flesh.

Nehemiah 9:28 But after they had rest they did evil again before you, and you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them. Yet when they turned and cried to you, you heard from heaven, and many times you delivered them according to your mercies.

We should remember the mistakes of the past and the consequences of sin lest we fall from grace and suffer needlessly.

The enemy is waiting to make us suffer.