Moses at The Burning Bush

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Deliverance

After 40 years of training in the courts of Pharaoh, Moses now is near the end of another 40 years of his life as a shepherd. Leading his father-in-law Jethro’s flock, in search of grasslands, Moses approached Mount Horeb in the desert of Sinai (v. 1).

One day as he was out in the desert he saw a very strange sight. He  saw a bush on fire (v. 2). It was just an ordinary thorn bush of the desert. But instead of  burning up and turning to ashes it  just kept right on burning. Attracted by the sight, Moses went closer to see why it kept on burning and was not burned up (v. 3). As he came near to the bush something very strange happened. He heard a voice calling his name (v. 4). It was God’s voice speaking to him out of the midst of the burning bush.

God was warning him that he was on Holy ground and that he needed to take his shoes off (v. 5).

At that point Moses became afraid and hid his face (v. 6). God then told Moses how He had seen the oppression of His people and heard their cry and now He was about to deliver them and bring them back to the land of their fathers (vv 7-9). He told Moses that he was the one to go to Pharaoh and lead the children from the land (v. 10). God commissioned Moses to deliver His people from Egypt.

Application

God still uses human instruments to do His work. There had been 80 years of preparation for Moses and now it was time to act. It may not have been 80 years but God has a work for me to do. The big question is, Am I willing to do it?

Exodus 3:1-10 (English Standard Version)


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