To be honest, when I think about naked, a lot of thoughts come to my mind.  Yes, some might not be so good, but there are feelings associated with being naked.  Sometimes we might feel embarrassed or ashamed.  I personally think nakedness can be rather funny and humorous.  Seeing someone run with clothes on and running naked is two totally different experiences.  One is much more humorous than the other.

Where did we get these ideas and thoughts about naked?  Well, that God’s second question.

After Adam and Eve went and hid, God asked them another unique and strange question.  “Who told you you were naked”?  I can’t help but think that is a strange question.  Adam and Eve had been naked their entire existance.  It was an everyday occurance and a constant state of being.  Naked.  When I think of living naked all the time, I can visualize how that would present a lot of problems, but hey…in a perfect environment like Eden…maybe not.  Why did God ask them that?  He already knew they were naked.

The story doesn’t say, but for the sake of trying to speculate, let’s see if any of this fits.

1.  God wanted them to understand that this need to hide, the shame, and the desire to cover up didn’t come from Him.  God asked them WHO told you.  God is saying, “Look, I don’t know who you have been listening to that gave you this idea of naked being bad, but it wasn’t me”.

2.  Maybe God is posing another question to say, “What are you calling bad what I called good”?  Remember they had been naked their whole life!  How often do we call good what God has said isn’t so hot?

3.  It doesn’t mean that we should go naked now.  I know…you are all just chompin to go streakin down your local strip and blame God when they throw you in jail.

We live in a confused world.  We seem to chase after things that we discover are only illusions or temporary at best.  Searching and seeking, never quite satisfied, and the more we seem to have, the more we think other people want it and we look over our shoulder because we can’t trust anyone but us.  Well…Adam and Eve had it all.