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.” (Exodus 3:4 NAS95)
Noticing. Moses observed something unique and out of the ordinary. He saw a green bush aflame, but not burned. Curious, he approached, or at least started to come closer. God saw it all. Then God revealed He’d both seen and heard His people in pain. In fact, that’s why He wanted to speak with Moses. Moses’s noticing led to a conversation with God, and of all places, in the desert. God initiated; Moses responded. A conversation of dramatic proportions ensued. The paradigm of salvation flowed out from that little talk in the desert for all of us to understand that God sees and invades human space, real life, saves and transforms. Moses observed this daily activity of God for the rest of his life.
That day God revealed His continuous presence to Moses and a deeply intimate relationship developed between the two. At the start, Moses struggled with this invasion of God but he responded to the call. Most of all, Moses learned that God always notices. In fact, their conversation made real and concrete God’s total awareness of all things, including the heart of His people and their circumstance. From that point forward, Moses lived interactively with God in such a way that he began to see and anticipate God. This very thing God did in sending Jesus. He hears, He sees, He notices, He saves, and He invites us in to the same intimacy that Moses enjoyed. God still notices, but do we? Let’s listen, look, and see.
For Reflection:
“The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth.” (Psalms 145:18 NAS95)
- How does God normally get your attention? How practiced are you at seeing His overtures toward you?
- Where are you on your journey of being able to see and anticipate God’s heart and desires?
