Lost God?

In your life have you ever thought that you had been somewhere where God wasn't going to be? Maybe you thought God was there but those around you really didn't care so they wouldn't do anything that would be in line with following any of God's commands.

Abraham did not stay in the land where God had taken him and had left there due to a famine. However, when he came to Gerar, where Abimlech was king, he figured he had outrun the protection of God. He incorrectly assumed that no one there would ever listen to a command of God.

Gen 20:11 Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife. NAS

I think many of us today would say, "how foolish" of Abraham. Surely he should have know that he would be protected by God no matter where he was in life.

Yes, he should have know and he was protected but let me ask you a different question.

Do we hesitate to share the hope and truth of Jesus because we assume that with "this type of person" there is no fear of God? That somehow they would never be interested in knowing Jesus as Savior and turning from their current life style.

I think if we carry that attitude then we are no different then Abraham, we assume that somehow we are in a place where God can not work.

Please let us all rethink our understanding of where and how God can work. He can work anywhere and in many ways.

Ps 139:7-8
7 Where can I go from Your Spirit?Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, You are there;If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. NASU