Shalom. Welcome back. The story of
Moses is teaching us more than I anticipated. The more I look into
it, the more I see hidden messages from God. I am quite excited. So
let us continue and look further into the life of Moses. We ended
last time where Moses was a shepherd in Midian, caring for the
sheep of his father-in-law. Moses probably had no real future
prospects for his life, and most probably accepted his life as it
is. But then the Lord intervened.
One day Moses was caring for the
flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, deep in the wilderness, close
to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God, when he saw a roaring fire in
a bush. This bush intrigued Moses as the bush did not burn up, it
simply continued burning. It never burned up, because it was not a
real fire, but it was the Lord attracting Moses' attention.
Now if we simply look at this
passage we can learn two things. The first thing is that the Lord
interestingly enough appeared to Moses close to Mount Sinai, where
Moses in the near future would meet the Lord and present His ten
commandments to plus minus two million people (a daunting prospect
for anyone I might add). Now I am just thinking, I am sure Moses
would never in his wildest dreams have ever thought that he would
stand on Mount Sinai with the Lord and present His laws to His
people (remember Moses had a problem with speaking, we will get to
that later). Moses must have seen Mount Sinai on several occasions.
I mean he has been caring for these flocks for 40 years. I am
certain that he must have gone to Mount Sinai on other
occasions.
What I am trying to get to is that
sometimes we are seeing the same thing/person/place for several
years and we never in our wildest dreams think that something good
can happen with this person or at this place/thing. For example you
have been trusting the Lord that your husband would give his life
to Jesus and become a devout child of the Lord, but as the years
passed by you begin to doubt that it ever will happen. Maybe you
are feeling that you are in the wilderness looking up at the
Mountain of the Lord (His Promises) and you have long lost hope
that His Promises will realize. Or it could even be that you have
seen a place, it could even be a promotion, for a number of years
now and you have lost hope that something would ever come of it. Or
you maybe have a dream and have seen others living it, but you
think that your chance has passed to ever achieve it, for example
you are too old or you don't have the right qualifications to
achieve it.
Now I tell you today that the Lord
is at Mount Sinai and He is telling you that He is ready to help
you to realize your Mount Sinai. He tells you not to lose
hope. It is in front of you. You simply need to take the first
step. He wants you to trust Him and allow Him to work in your life.
Spend time with Him and listen to what He has to say. It may be a
soft whisper now, but the more time you spend with Him the louder
the voice will get and you will know exactly what to do.
The second thing we can learn from
this piece is that the Lord attracted Moses' attention to the bush.
He didn't simply appear to him (even though He has done that
several other times in the Bible), He knew Moses and He knew how to
attract him. He knew Moses would find it interesting. Now isn't it
the same for us? The Lord knows you better than you know yourself.
Don't you think He will attract you through your interests/hobbies
to guide you into what He actually wants you to do?
Now one example out of my life is
that there was a new lady at work. She worked in the same
Department as me, but I seldom saw her as she sat in a different
row of offices and we never really came into contact. Now I am fond
of jewellery and so I found out that she sold some costume
jewellery. I liked some of the jewellery that she had and decided
to support her and buy some of it for Christmas. When I went to
fetch the jewellery we started talking and I found out that she
organized events for young women and she volunteered to help me
with my book launch, plus she really motivated me to listen to the
Lord and follow my dream. It was such a wonderful experience. She
has a lot of contacts and can organize a big event for me. Now if I
didn't see the jewellery I would never have talked to her (except
for an occasional 'hello' and 'goodbye') and I would never have had
my book launch. The Lord knew how to attract my attention and force
me to speak to her! And He wants you to know that He knows how to
attract your attention too. All you need to do is to keep your eyes
and ears open. It might be today.
Thank you Lord for making time for
us. We are so glad that You know what is best for us and how to
attract our attention to Your Will. Help us believe in our dreams
and help us to rejoice in You every day. The Joy of the Lord is our
strength. We love You Lord. Amen