Moses was faithfully attending his
father-in-law's flock of sheep when God decided it was time for
Moses to move into his destiny. What is very interesting to me is
the way that God appeared to him. He could have appeared to Moses
in any way He pleased. He could have spoken to him from the sky
like He did with Paul, or He could have given him a dream like He
did with Joseph and Solomon, but He didn't. Why? I don't know. The
Bible teacher Roger Price thinks it is because God wanted to show
Moses that from now on he has got to burn with His energy, not with
his own. Moses tried to help the Israelites on his own by killing
the Egyptian, but it didn't help. He had to learn that he will only
be able to help if it is by God's power, not his own.
This is a plausible reason. Or
maybe God simply knew how to attract Moses' attention as Exodus 3:4
seems to suggest:
"When the Lord saw that He had
caught Moses' attention, God called to him from the bush, 'Moses!
Moses!"
And today God knows how to attract
your attention too. God knows you through and through and knows
your likes and dislikes. So keep your eyes open to God calling you.
It might be in interesting ways you never thought possible.
Another interesting thing I would
like to share with you is that the One appearing to Moses here is
Jesus. Whenever the Old Testament refers to the 'Angel of the Lord'
as it does here in Exodus3:2, you can know it is either a real
angel, or it is Jesus if it is clear that the angel is God Himself.
It is actually quite interesting to note how many times Jesus
actually appeared in the Old Testament. He is the revealed God Head
of the Three. I saw a whole book about this topic the other day, so
I am not going to expand much more on this, just note this the next
time you read the Old Testament.
Also just to add further proof to
this statement read John 1:18:
"No one has ever seen God the
Father. But His only Son, who is God Himself, is near to the
Father's heart; He has told us about Him."
So God the Father has never been
seen. So all the time God appeared to someone in the Old Testament
it couldn't have been the Father like I believed most of my life,
no, it was Jesus Himself. He has always been present and today He
is more present than ever with His precious Blood pleading our
innocence before God the Father.
Thank you Jesus, thank you for Your
presence every single day. Thank you for Your promise that You will
be with us every day until the end of the earth. We praise Your
mighty Name. Amen