Look and see! I am moving so that you may encounter Me. I am the God of the burning bush and My presence is holy. Remove your shoes for you are standing on holy ground. Cast off all that hinders and hear the words I have for you.
My child, why are you so distracted and your attention so short? Why is it that you seem surprised I want to talk to you at this moment? Do I not know what you are facing and the burdens you are carrying?
And yet I am calling you. I am calling you for important Kingdom assignments. I need one who hears My words and repeats them faithfully; who can take My messages to where I need them to be said; who can deliver them no matter what the situation they find themselves in.
For I am the Sovereign Lord and I want you as My emissary, to go where I send you, to set My people free from the tyrannies that bind them, from the paralysis of fear and the enemy’s condemnations, from the straitjacket of worldly systems and the mistruths of global society. Go and set My people free.
Application:
Read through the passage in scripture of Moses encountering the burning bush (Exodus 3:1-12) and then consider the following:
This is a burning bush moment. Consider the ground you are standing on – it is holy. You are in the presence of the Living God. Pay careful attention to what the Lord is saying to you.
What is it that He is calling you to? It may be a new mission – ask Him for clarity and guidance; it might be something familiar but He is granting you more authority and responsibility. Ask Him for perception and humility; or it could be a tough assignment which leads to hurt and rejection – ask Him for courage and discernment.
Remember this: He is the Lord. He is the Holy One. He has chosen you. Will you go as His ambassador?
The Burning Bush
1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro (Reuel) his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God.
2 The [a]Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing flame of fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was on fire, yet it was not consumed.
3 So Moses said, “I must turn away [from the flock] and see this great sight—why the bush is not burned up.”
4 When the Lord saw that he turned away [from the flock] to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.”
5 Then God said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet [out of respect], because the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”
6 Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
7 The Lord said, “I have in fact seen the affliction (suffering, desolation) of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters (oppressors); for I know their pain and suffering.8 So I have come down to rescue them from the hand (power) of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a land [that is] good and spacious, to a land [b]flowing with milk and honey [a land of plenty]—to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
9 Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me; and I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them.
The Mission of Moses
10 Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, and then bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”
11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
12 And God said, “Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve and worship God at this mountain.”
Exodus 3:1-12 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] Exodus 3:2 “Angel of the Lord” has been capitalized here to reflect the likelihood that it is God appearing in a visible form (see vv 4, 6; also note Gen 16:7).
[b] Exodus 3:8 This phrase referred to the abundant fertility of the land of Canaan. Milk (typically that of goats and sheep) was associated with abundance; “honey” referred mainly to syrups made from dates or grapes and was the epitome of sweetness. Bees’ honey was very rare and was considered the choicest of foods.
This is a burning bush moment. Consider the ground you are standing on – it is holy. You are in the presence of the Living God. Pay careful attention to what the Lord is saying to you.
What is it that He is calling you to? It may be a new mission – ask Him for clarity and guidance; it might be something familiar but He is granting you more authority and responsibility. Ask Him for perception and humility; or it could be a tough assignment which leads to hurt and rejection – ask Him for courage and discernment.
Remember this: He is the Lord. He is the Holy One. He has chosen you. Will you go as His ambassador?
You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed and placed and purposefully planted you, so that you would go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit will remain and be lasting, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name [as My representative] He may give to you.
John 15:16 (AMP)
13 And of [a]Joseph he said,
“Blessed by the Lord be his land,
With the precious things of heaven, with the dew,
And from the deep water that lies beneath,14 With the precious fruits of the sun,
And with the precious produce of the months.15 “With the best things of the ancient mountains,
And with the precious things of the everlasting hills,16 With the precious things of the earth and its fullness,
And the favor and goodwill of Him who dwelt in the bush.
Let these blessings come upon the head of Joseph,
And upon the crown of the head of him who was distinguished [as a prince] among his brothers.Deuteronomy 33:13-16 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] Deuteronomy 33:13 Because of Reuben’s sin with Bilhah, Joseph received the double blessing of the firstborn. The descendants of Joseph became the tribes established by his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh (see v 17).
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Unapologetically Marcia 