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Exodus 3:1-12
Moses: The One Where I Met God
Imagine enrolling in a calculus class when the only math you’ve completed is basic arithmetic. You might not understand every formula or calculation, but you can still see that the work is leading somewhere. God’s plan can feel much the same. We often want simple answers, yet God is doing far more than we can see. When we pay attention, we begin to catch glimpses of His work and discover opportunities to join Him in it.
That is what happened when God appeared to Moses in the burning bush.
Exodus 1 and 2 cover the first eighty years of Moses’ life—forty years in the privilege of Pharaoh’s household and forty years in the obscurity of Midian. What may have seemed like detours were actually years of preparation. The rest of Exodus focuses on a single year in which God would work powerfully through him.
At the burning bush, Moses encountered the holiness of God and hid his face in fear and awe. God then revealed that He had seen the suffering of His people, heard their cries, and knew their pain. Though Israel may have felt forgotten, God had been attentive all along. In fact, He had foretold to Abraham centuries earlier that His people would spend generations in a foreign land before being delivered (Genesis 15:13-16).
God also revealed that Moses would help lead that deliverance. Moses had always been drawn to justice and rescue, but Acts 7:25 reminds us that his earlier attempt came before God’s timing. Now humbled by forty years in the wilderness, Moses questioned whether he was the right person for the task.
God’s answer was simple: “I will be with you.”
The mission would not depend on Moses’ abilities but on God’s presence.
Takeaways for Us
- God is always attentive and at work, even when we cannot see it. Paying attention to His presence is often the first step toward recognizing what He is doing around us.
- When God calls, He equips. He never asks us to rely solely on our own resources. The same God who prepared Moses and promised His presence still provides what His people need today.
The God who sees, calls, and equips is still at work today.
REMEMBER
Pay attention: The God who sees, calls, and equips is still at work today.
REFLECT
Where have you been tempted to assume God is absent or inactive, and what evidence of His faithfulness can you identify when you look more closely?
How does Moses’ response of fear, awe, and humility before God challenge the way you approach Him? Is there an area of your life where you need a greater reverence for God’s holiness or a deeper dependence on His strength rather than your own?
What simple moments—opportunities, convictions, conversations, or circumstances—might God be using to get your attention, and how is He inviting you to trust His presence and follow His leading
Word of the week: Attentiveness
RESPOND
Lord God,
Like Moses at the burning bush,
help me to pay attention to Your presence.
Teach me a holy fear that leads to humility,
trust, and worship.
When I cannot see what You are doing,
remind me that You are attentive and at work.
And when You call me forward,
help me trust not in my own strength,
but in Your promise to be with me.
Amen.
RELATE
This week, help someone else notice God’s presence. As you talk with members of your church family, listen for signs of God’s faithfulness, provision, growth, or guidance in their lives. Then gently point it out and encourage them. Sometimes one of the greatest gifts we can give each other is helping one another recognize that God has been at work all along.
REHEARSE
HE SAID, BUT I WILL BE WITH YOU AND THIS SHALL BE THE SIGN FOR YOU THAT I HAVE SENT YOU; WHEN YOU HAVE BROUGHT THE PEOPLE OUT OF EGYPT YOU SHALL SERVE GOD ON THIS MOUNTAIN.
Exodus 3:12 ESV
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Revisit: Exodus 3:1-12
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