Where are you?

Have you ever tried to reach someone deperately and then when you get hold of them say "Where are you?" rather than "How are you?". I have done this so many times especially when I get hold of my husband after a lot of tries when he was probably locked away in a meeting. The "where are you" expressed here is a sense of deep longing and loss of not having contact. This is exactly the phrase and longing that God expressed when He could not find Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden just after they had sinned.
Genesis 3:8-9
Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called to the man, "Where are you?"

Everyday upto the fall, God enjoyed close fellowship with Adam and Eve by going for walks together. After the fall, Adam and Eve felt shame, hid from God and avoided contact with God. It broke God's heart and He came looking for Adam and Eve and longing for their company. It is the same today. God is longing for you and asking "Where are you?"! We should spend time with the Lord daily. Fellowship with God was one of the privileges of man before the fall. Jesus Christ gave His life so that our fellowship with God could be restored.
1 John 1:3
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

Because of what Christ has accomplished for us on the cross, our shame has been dealt with and we can come boldly before God because we are now adopted as His children!
Romans 8:1-2
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
Galatians 4:4-7
But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons. Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father." So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.

Make a decision to spend time with the Lord daily. Don't spurn His love and longing for you. God has given His life to adopt you as His child. Don't make Him ask "Where are you?" all over again.