Just how great is He?
Imagine your name is Moses. And you've been through hell and high water already. Today, today is just another day with the sheep. Another day on the mountain.
But on this mountain, on this day, a bush has caught on fire.
You give the blazing shrub a wide berth. But you are distracted - intrigued maybe - when you pass by and realize the bush engulfed in flames is not burning up.
Curiously you draw closer. Only to hear the bush call your name.
And then call it again.
But God is not calling your name from the bush to condemn you. Or to scare you out of hell.
He wants you to take your shoes off.
What?
You don't ask questions. Fear overpowers curiosity at this point.
Immediately shoes get thrown to the wayside.
He calls to you again. To let you know He hears.
He has heard the cries of His children and He has come to the rescue.
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Ever since the Garden, we have been physically separated from God the Father.
Sin wedged its nasty self in between us at our Creator, and we had been failing to thrive from lack of contact with the One who loves us.
What if... God finally got your attention. In one of His characteristic, over-dramatic, unmistakable manners. Calling your name and telling you to go barefoot.
What if... God just wanted to be close to you, Moses?
What if... it had been so long since God had touched one of His children... so long since His holy skin had touched created flesh...
that He engulfed a plant. Set apart a place. And told you to take your shoes off.
So you and God could be as close as could be.
What if... He's calling your name.
Where you stand is holy ground because He stands there with you.
And He's calling you to remove anything that would get in between you and Him.
That would keep you from feeling Him. Or Him from feeling you.
The Almighty wants to be near to you.
Because He has heard your cries, the cries of His children.
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Draw near, then. With bare soles making contact with Heaven itself.
And He will tell you His name.
(Exodus 3)
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