Where Are We?

Do we truly know where we are? Not physically. Even my phone knows that. Where are we, spiritually.

I was talking to a friend who moved to a big city from a small town. She was saying that she really missed living in a small town and its relatively peaceful setting. There was more violence, more homelessness, more general unrest. And then she spoke about squad cars on permanent display at the local Walmart due to the number of shootings.

This past Sunday our pastor commented about how we should be grateful to be living in these times. We have God's word - the written Bible.

We also have a great many teachers and churches, compared to living in the old west, all alone out on the prairie.

Before the printing press was invented there were no personal Bibles to study. Talk about feeling alone!

Faith in biblical times really WAS faith. There was nothing else. Today we can do research online, attend conferences, participate in Bible studies.

Ultimately though, it all comes down to what we believe in. I think God said it best when He was walking through the garden, looking for Adam.

"But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?” - Genesis 3:9

It doesn't really matter what city we are living in. Or what time period. What matters most is where are we in our faith? Still searching? Non-believing? Agnostic? Atheist?

I've been studying the Bible for over 16 years now and, although I don't have a theology degree, I know this: 

When the Lord returns for His Church we want to be found IN Christ. We don't want to hear God asking us our whereabouts. He's not wondering where we are. He's wondering where our obedience is.

We should be found living a life that says, "Here I am, Lord!" regardless of where we live, or when we lived there.

"Then the LORD called Samuel. Samuel answered, “Here I am.” - 1 Samuel 3:4

Where are YOU?