Luke 2:49

And he said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"

After Adam and Eve resolved to disobey they were afraid of the presence of Adonai. The Heavenly Presence came in the evening to fellowship with them as was His custom (Genesis 3:8) and looked for Adam. Being omniscient, Adonai already knew about the whole ordeal of the forbidden fruit but like any responsible parent would do, He wanted Adam to own up to his actions. “Adam where are you? He said (Genesis 3:9)”. Upon hearing the familiar voice, Adam presented himself and explained, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself." (Genesis 3:10).

After attending the Jerusalem Passover festivities, Joseph and Miriam started on their way back to Nazareth only to realize after one full day that they had forgotten their most important piece of ‘luggage’: Yeshua. People traveled in groups and families, Yeshua and John (later called: ‘The Immerser’) were cousins so they could have been hanging out together. Unlike Adonai, Joseph and Miriam didn’t know ahead of time where their son was. When they finally found Him among the sages of the Temple, they rebuked Yeshua for not telling them where He was to which He answered, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?" (Luke 2:49).

In the two stories, one is lost being away from the will of the Father, while the other is lost in the will of the Father. We thank our great Abba though because as it is with us today, the first Adam is ‘found’ by the second (1 Corinthians 15:22,45). Adonai puts on a new ‘covering’ on Adam: the ‘covering’ of the redemptive work of Messiah finished from the foundation of the world (Hebrews 4:3). Yes Adam still lost his Edenic home, but he was given the ‘way’ back. Redemption doesn’t mean that we do not need to do the hard work of learning our lessons (Philippians 2:12). So it is with us today: we are redeemed, but we learn our lessons as we find our ‘way’ back. How beautiful that the Father in His foresight had it all planned from the beginning.

When Adonai comes to find you in ‘cool of day’ at the end of the age; when he comes and says to you, “Where are you?”, where will you be? Lost out of His will, or lost in His will?