Where Are You?

Where am I?  Those are not reassuring words!  Men are often accused of never wanting to ask for directions, and perhaps this is why.  In essence, they would be saying-but-not-saying, “Where am I?”  And we “wonder” why the default voice in the GPS is female …

God is Triune (three in one) – Father, Son, and Spirit; created in His image, we are also three parts - body, soul, spirit.  Physical depression is very real, and care of the whole person is big business: books written, medicine prescribed, counseling and therapies administered.  Spiritual depression is also very real, and when one [of the three] is neglected, full recovery is typically averted.  In 1 Kings 19:9, God asked, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”  Elijah had just been part of a great spiritual victory at Mount Carmel where false prophets were exposed and defeated – a great cause for celebration.  Infuriated, of course, Queen Jezebel threatened to kill Elijah so he fled and was soon hiding in a cave!  Sounds crazy, doesn’t it?  Elijah’s plight, however, is little different from our own.  Even when we have cause to rejoice of God's power and faithfulness, forgetfulness-fear-fatigue often take over, catapulting us into spiritual (even physical) depression. Our intangible (unseen) parts - spirit, intellect, will, emotions, conscience, etc. -- are just as important to who we are to God's created image as are the physical body in which they reside.  The Apostle Paul wrote, "Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He Who calls you, and faithful He also will bring it to pass." (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24).  It’s not God's design that we should be off-track, out-of-place ... depressed.  It is a deeply spiritual and needful question, "where are you;" one every Believer should ask periodically.  Books, counseling, and therapy all have an appropriate place but none of these should replace The One Who made you fearfully and wonderfully in His Image (Psalm 139:14).  Wherever and however you are, physically-emotionally-spiritually, are very important to The Father.  I challenge you, in the words of the late Jim Elliot, “wherever you are, be all there!”