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We all know the story...
Exod 3:1; Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Moses was just born in the last chapter. ( Exod 2 ) through a series of events...he is now a simple shepherd. Talk about a career path downgrade! But Moses comes upon Mt. Horeb.
Mt. Horeb isn't just any mountain. It says here it is "the mountain of God".
Exod 3:2; The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed.
Exod 3:3; So Moses said, "I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up."
The bush. The burning bush. Every child learns about the bush in Sunday school. The thing I notice here is.. it wasn't any kind of special fire-proof asbestos lined bush. It was just a normal
ordinary bush. We've all seen bushes at some time in our lives. I have a few in my yard. This is type of thing televangelist will try to turn into something else. Just send me $39.95 and you too
can have an "official" certified burning bush, with color changing neon lights. If you order now we'll throw in the sounds of firewood crackling.
But no... it was just an ordinary mundane every day bush. It seems more often than not, God comes to us in ordinary every day things. God does the miraculous through the ordinary.
Of course the bush is on fire, but it doesn't burn up. When something out of the ordinary is happening to something that is ordinary, we need to stop and take notice.
Exod 3:4; When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am."
I don't know if you've ever had a bush call out your name before. But I'm inclined to think it would get my attention.
I like the phrase "When the LORD saw that..." you know sometimes God is just trying to get our attention. He is just waiting for us to notice Him.
God doesn't call out to Moses, until Moses turns aside to look at the bush.
Exod 3:5; Then He said, "Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground."
Exod 3:6; He said also, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Exod 3:7; The LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.
I also notice that Moses "was afraid to look at God". I notice John was afraid in Rev 1:17; and Isaiah was afraid in Isa 6:5;
But God says He is aware.... He has seen the suffering of "My people"... He knows about their affliction.
I am pretty sure God knows about any afflictions or suffering you are going through. He knows what His people are going through today.
So what do we do? We pray of course and ask God for help. That's always a good place to start.
Exod 3:8; "So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
Exod 3:9; "Now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Exod 3:10; "Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt."
Exod 3:11; But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?"
God tells Moses, I'm going to take My people away from the Egyptians and put them in the promised land. A good and spacious land with milk and honey.
It's also interesting to note that God already knows that land is inhabited by the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, Jebusites, and Perizzites.
God already knows these people are there... inhabiting this land. He has a plan to remove them later, but that task isn't for Moses. Sometimes we start getting ahead of God
and worrying about things that aren't even our job to take care of.
Now here's the thing. After the burning bush, this is what it all comes down to.
"I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt."
Wow. But God... I just asked You for some help. I just prayed for You to take care of this. Aren't You going to do anything here God? Don't you care God?
It may come as a surprise... but sometimes you are the answer to your prayers. God may want you yourself to go face the problem head on.
Pharaoh tried to kill Moses back in Exod 2:15; I'm sure this thought crossed Moses's mind.
But of course we all know that Moses ends up going back to Egypt.
I don't know how long this conversation between Moses and God took. It takes about 5 minutes to read through.
Before the burning bush.. Moses is a simple shepherd. After the burning bush, Moses is a leader of an entire nation ordained by God. The leader of a people that God calls "My people".
Have you ever had a burning bush moment in your life? Your entire life changed in a 10 minutes conversation with God.
Sometimes it really does happen just that fast. When it does... are you ready? Are you ready to go do what God tells you to do, even if it seems impossible?
Just remember when you are praying to God about a problem... God may send you to go deal with the problem.
Exod 3:1; Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Moses was just born in the last chapter. ( Exod 2 ) through a series of events...he is now a simple shepherd. Talk about a career path downgrade! But Moses comes upon Mt. Horeb.
Mt. Horeb isn't just any mountain. It says here it is "the mountain of God".
Exod 3:2; The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed.
Exod 3:3; So Moses said, "I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up."
The bush. The burning bush. Every child learns about the bush in Sunday school. The thing I notice here is.. it wasn't any kind of special fire-proof asbestos lined bush. It was just a normal
ordinary bush. We've all seen bushes at some time in our lives. I have a few in my yard. This is type of thing televangelist will try to turn into something else. Just send me $39.95 and you too
can have an "official" certified burning bush, with color changing neon lights. If you order now we'll throw in the sounds of firewood crackling.
But no... it was just an ordinary mundane every day bush. It seems more often than not, God comes to us in ordinary every day things. God does the miraculous through the ordinary.
Of course the bush is on fire, but it doesn't burn up. When something out of the ordinary is happening to something that is ordinary, we need to stop and take notice.
Exod 3:4; When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am."
I don't know if you've ever had a bush call out your name before. But I'm inclined to think it would get my attention.
I like the phrase "When the LORD saw that..." you know sometimes God is just trying to get our attention. He is just waiting for us to notice Him.
God doesn't call out to Moses, until Moses turns aside to look at the bush.
Exod 3:5; Then He said, "Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground."
Exod 3:6; He said also, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Exod 3:7; The LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.
I also notice that Moses "was afraid to look at God". I notice John was afraid in Rev 1:17; and Isaiah was afraid in Isa 6:5;
But God says He is aware.... He has seen the suffering of "My people"... He knows about their affliction.
I am pretty sure God knows about any afflictions or suffering you are going through. He knows what His people are going through today.
So what do we do? We pray of course and ask God for help. That's always a good place to start.
Exod 3:8; "So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
Exod 3:9; "Now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Exod 3:10; "Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt."
Exod 3:11; But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?"
God tells Moses, I'm going to take My people away from the Egyptians and put them in the promised land. A good and spacious land with milk and honey.
It's also interesting to note that God already knows that land is inhabited by the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, Jebusites, and Perizzites.
God already knows these people are there... inhabiting this land. He has a plan to remove them later, but that task isn't for Moses. Sometimes we start getting ahead of God
and worrying about things that aren't even our job to take care of.
Now here's the thing. After the burning bush, this is what it all comes down to.
"I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt."
Wow. But God... I just asked You for some help. I just prayed for You to take care of this. Aren't You going to do anything here God? Don't you care God?
It may come as a surprise... but sometimes you are the answer to your prayers. God may want you yourself to go face the problem head on.
Pharaoh tried to kill Moses back in Exod 2:15; I'm sure this thought crossed Moses's mind.
But of course we all know that Moses ends up going back to Egypt.
I don't know how long this conversation between Moses and God took. It takes about 5 minutes to read through.
Before the burning bush.. Moses is a simple shepherd. After the burning bush, Moses is a leader of an entire nation ordained by God. The leader of a people that God calls "My people".
Have you ever had a burning bush moment in your life? Your entire life changed in a 10 minutes conversation with God.
Sometimes it really does happen just that fast. When it does... are you ready? Are you ready to go do what God tells you to do, even if it seems impossible?
Just remember when you are praying to God about a problem... God may send you to go deal with the problem.
