Reflections Along the Jesus Way
September 5, 2024 – Quote for the Day:
“So one day, Moses was shepherding his sheep. He was far from the glitz and glamour of Egyptian society – he was just another nomadic shepherd. There was a time when he had been a young and handsome prince, now he was an old and forgotten shepherd. He was moving his sheep, trying to find a better pasture – when this strange encounter with God changed his life. We call it the burning bush – the bush that just burned and burned and burned without ever being consumed.
Examine the story carefully. Moses was not looking for God. The Bible doesn’t say Moses got up that morning determined to find God. It may have been that God was the last thing on Moses’ mind that day, as he was shepherding his sheep. Moses didn’t get up that morning and decide to go to church. Moses was not all primed and ready to meet God, dressed up in his ‘Sunday-go-to-meeting’ best. Moses was not looking for God – Moses was not expecting God. But God was after Moses.
… Moses did not go to some place regarded as holy to find God. He was out in what seemed to be the God-forsaken wilderness, when God showed up and told him to take off his shoes because he was standing on holy ground. The ground didn’t look holy to Moses. Nothing looked holy – no big parking lot filled with cars, no stained-glass windows, no altars, no baptistries, no religious authorities with funny-looking costumes walking around. No sermons, no music, no prayers, no offerings. Just the hot sun, the desert, sand, rocks, a bush that never burned up – and the presence of God. That’s all.”
Originally published in:
Spiritual Soup for the Hungry Soul, Volume 1
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