Fire Power

  Moses has blown it. He is no longer the darling of the Egyptian court. He is no longer a decorated general or next in line to be pharaoh of the greatest nation on earth. Moses now finds himself alone under a vast expanse of crystalline stars against a very dark sky. A shepherd, the lowest of occupations, and resigned to be no more than that, he expects nothing.


  The first forty years of  Moses life in Egypt was made up of being adored, honored, and decorated, with a bright future, but Moses became increasingly aware that his own people were nothing more than a band of mistreated slaves. His birth mother carefully taught  him that God's chosen were indeed this band of God forsaken slaves, and Moses made a plan. He was going to do something about this outrageous circumstance, and he was the right man to do it. His education, his position, his popularity, and his miraculous Nile River rescue proved it. Now, however, after killing the Egyptian and running for his life to as remote a region as he could find, he settles down in silence, accept for the bleating of the sheep. Any illusion that he is anything more than one who herds the dumbest of beasts is whisked away into the far expanse of the sky. There is nothing new under the sun---until the bush. You know, that bush, over there, it's burning. How did that happen? How could it happen? Moses waits; he strains his eyes in every direction to see someone, any kind evidence to link this phenomenon to a plausible explanation. The bush continues to burn. He waits and watches, but it does not burn up. Slowly he moves forward until he stands in front of this ever-burning desert shrub. It speaks. He jumps. It's God!


Why did God choose a burning bush? Why didn't He just speak?
The voice of God would get anyone's attention, don't you think? 
I'm of a mind to believe the burning bush carried a message. It may have been a wonder at that moment, but later as Moses had time to mull over the events of his live, I believe he came to understand. When Moses was in his royal state in Egypt, he made a plan. His plan was to help God. His desire was good. His motive was pure. He would start a fire for God; do something for the mighty cause of Jehovah. However, all his efforts to produce fires for God only produced burnout. The burning bush was an example of a fire that never goes out. The burning bush was God. Jesus said, "I am the light of the world; whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness" John 8:12 Moses thought after his blunder in Egypt that his effectiveness was over. Yet it was not over! What Jesus starts can't be extinguished. Even if we can't see it in the present, it goes on until it accomplishes His purpose. [see Philippians 1:6] When Moses accepted God's way rather than his own, he witnessed, and took part in the fire power of God almighty. That light, that fire, that power has never gone out. It changed the world, and it's still burning.---In you?

Hebrews 12:29
Exodus: 2&3

copyright 5/2/2014