Covering

...the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God 

walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, 

and they hid themselves from the Lord God...

Genesis 3:8

It is the nature of the sin within us to hide from the Lord, as it has been since Adam and Eve first ate the forbidden fruit. We have the unnatural desire to run from Him at the first sign of His presence. Just as the evening breeze is a time of relief and respite from the heat of the day, our God comes to us when we most need Him- but still we continue to try and hide from His soothing presence for we know we are "naked" before Him.

Adam and Eve had recently become aware of their nakedness because of the fruit they had eaten. The first thing they did was sew fig leaves together to cover themselves, for it was this nakedness that caused them to hide from God. (Genesis 3:10) They instinctively knew that they needed a covering to be in His presence. But what they were able to create on their own - the fig leaves - was not sufficient. God had to kill a few animals and make skins to cover them, for they couldn't be in His presence knowing the shame of their exposure. The reason we still run from God when He comes to us in "the time of the evening breeze" is we know the shame of our nakedness before Him and instinctively, from the sin nature within us, know we can not stand before Him.

But here is the amazing thing... God has once again given us the perfect covering to be able to stand boldly before Him once again. This time He did not kill some animals, but His beloved Son. Sin can not cover sin, but righteousness and perfection can. This has only ever been found in one man: Jesus the Christ. He died in order to clothe us so that once again we could meet our Father and Creator in the cool of the evening breeze.

We no longer have to try and hide from Him, but can walk with Him side by side basking in His love, glory, and wisdom. What more could we ever desire?