November 6, 2025 Where Are You?
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Where Are You?
God called to the Man: “Where are you?” Genesis 3:9, Message
When someone we love calls, we drop everything to answer—and God longs for that same kind of response from us.
When our granddaughters, who live five hours away, call or text, my husband and I will move heaven and earth to make time. If we’re not home, I text the moment we walk in the door: Ready now—call us!
Some calls are a quick fifteen minutes of catching up; other times we get the luxury of an hour hearing about dance classes, oohing and aahing over new creations, or listening to their dramatic reading of a story. However long, these moments are pure gold.
And if we have not heard from them in a week or two, I’m texting, “Where are you?? How about a call?” These young ones and their parents take priority over our busyness. Why? Because we love them. And love makes time.
But what about when God calls to us? The One who loved us enough to give His Son for our salvation still asks, “Where are you?” Too often, our busyness or circumstances distract us from connecting and self-reliance leads us to forget our ultimate dependence and reliance on God for all things.
Digging even deeper into our hearts, Pastors Blackaby and King suggested that, “People who struggle to spend time with God don’t have a scheduling problem; they have a love problem (p. 59).”* Ouch! That one stings a little. Yet, on reflecting, I find it true.
The more we love Him, the more we long to be with Him, just as we long to be with loved ones however we can connect with them. The more we long to be with Him in prayer, in His Word, in worship, in service and in gratitude. The more we will be interruptible or carve out time for Him.
God doesn’t just want a slot in our calendar; He wants our hearts. He longs for a relationship so compelling that, like Paul, we can say everything else pales in comparison to knowing Christ (Philippians 3:7–8).
When God asks, “Where are you?” we can remember that it doesn’t take hours. Sometimes a quick breath prayer, or seven minutes of reading aloud one of His stories in Scripture, or a quiet moment of drinking in His presence in creation, are all enough to keep love at the center and our hearts attuned to His voice.
So, where are you?
Reflect: What competes with God and Jesus for your love and attention? What small but intentional step—seven minutes, a prayer, a verse—can you take today to meet Him in love?
Pray: Lord, thank You for always seeking me and calling, “Where are you?” Teach me to pause each day—even for just a few minutes—to make you a priority, to sit with You in love, listen for Your voice, and rest in Your presence. Amen.
By His Grace,
Gloria Ashby
Lay Leader
*Henry Blackaby and Claude King, Experiencing God. P. 59.