Girls learn how to cover up at a pretty early age. When we are old enough to begin playing around with foundation and concealer we learn to cover up our facial flaws and accentuate our favorite features. We also learn to dress monochramatically to look taller and be sure to wear dark colors to minimize and wear light colors to draw attention to our best features.

From almost the beginning Adam and Eve found themselves naked and ashamed…and then…the real cover up began. Once they disobeyed God’s one restriction in the Garden of Eden, Genesis 3:7 (NLT), “At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.” And we have been covering up ever since.

Later in verse 21 of Genesis 3 (NLT), the first animal was sacrificed as God used its skin to cover them. “And the Lord God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife.” Even though the perfect connection was broken in that moment between God and man, and even though there was a cost for Adam and Eve’s disobedience, God still provided for them.

Today, God still provides for us, not because of anything we’ve done or not done, but because God is faithful. And there is no need to cover up our sin anymore. God provided His Son, Jesus, not too cover UP our sin; but, to completely wash away our sins. Because He is faithful to His promises we can be completely restored in our relationship with God.