August 2008

Exodus 3:3-4
“Then Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn. So 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.”

Moses was busy tending the sheep on the back side of the desert. At a place and on a day in which he had no idea Almighty God would speak to him. On this ordinary day Moses would encounter God.

God attracted Moses’ attention with a burning bush that would not be consumed. However, it was not until Moses ‘turned aside’ that God spoke to him. When Moses slowed down and God had his focus, Moses heard God.

We get so busy the opportunity to encounter God is missed. Either the ‘attention getter’ is overlooked because of our busyness or ignored because of our apathy. It will not be until we ‘turn aside’ that God’s still small voice will be heard. Someone has said, “…if the devil cannot get us bad, he will get us busy!” It is time, we must make time, to be still and hear His voice.

Help us Lord not to be so busy that we miss You!

Learning to serve,
Robert Finley