From ‘A Season of Repentance’ https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/12652
Where are you? Where have you been and where are you going?
An 18th-century rabbi named Shneur Zalman was once asked: “How are we to understand that God, the All-Knowing, said to Adam: ‘Where are you?’ after he sinned by eating the forbidden fruit.” The Rabbi replied, “Do you believe that the Scriptures are eternal and that every era, every generation, and every man is included in them?” “I believe this,” the man answered. “Well then,” said Rabbi Shneur Zalman, “in every era, God asks every person, ‘Where are you in your life? So many years and days of those allotted to you have passed, and how far have you gotten in your life?’”
According to Jewish tradition, on the first Rosh Hashanah of the world, Adam was created, sinned, and judged. It was on that day that God asked, “Where are you?” and it is on this day, every year, that God asks us the same question – and we need to provide an answer. We need to take a good look at where we have been and where we plan on going. We need to answer for the wrong turns we may have made and get back on track to where we want to be.
Too often we plow ahead in our direction not wanting to look back and refusing to look forward. This type of anxious, often times frantic, wandering leads us to the very think we fear.
How many times have we, in such a state of blind running, ended up right back where we started? How often have we found the same sin that plagued us as children overtaking us as adults?
Breaking this cycle starts with repentance.
- Stop what you are doing.
- Seek The Spirit’s assessment.
- Reorient your path with Jesus as Lord.
- Move forward. In His strength.
You are not alone. Jesus the perfect or if our faith is there to forgive. The Spirit of life is there to help search, heal, and teach. And our loving father who patiently waits is ready to lead you.