Scripture: Exodus 3:1-10
Focus verse: Exodus 3:1-4 - "Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, "I will go over and see this strange sight-- why the bush does not burn up." When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, "Moses! Moses!" And Moses said, "Here I am."
A few months back I traveled to Kenya's capital city of Nairobi and noticed something strange. Two men who were sellers of herbal medicine faked a street fight. They pretend to be holding one another in a fight that I later realized was faked. As people drew closer in numbers to witness what was happening then they quickly stopped the act and quickly opened their bags that were lying closer to them and they begun to shout loud the product they were selling. When asked why they were faking a fight their response was that they realized the people in the town are too busy with their work and quickly moving so that none was giving them an ear. The fight they stated was a way to draw people to their good stuff since they believe they have what the people needed but none was ready to draw closer hence they couldn't sell. As they shared about their products, I realize more people developed interest and bought their stuff and thanked them.
Moses is deep in the desert and too busy with his father in law's flock. I believe it was a big herd that really needed his attention and he couldn't offer leaving them aside. God too had a message of hope to His child (Israel) that He intended to give through the busy Moses. He decides to catch Moses attention through a strange thing. A bush burning but not being consumed. That looks very strange and I think many would have behaved like Moses, "I will go and see this strange thing". Little did he know that the strange thing was a way of drawing him to a God's word. The bush burning but not being consumed was like a bait that was used to draw him to hook (God's word). We all understand that you can only catch a fish using a hook when you put a bait on it. Bait catches the attention of a busy fish and it will be attempted to draw closer. Moses was a very busy man and something had to be used to tap his attention. Thereafter God used Moses in greater ways and he delivers the children of Israel from the bondage in Egypt that had lasted for hundreds of years. But remember his attention had to be strangely drawn to God.
We live in a world where people are too busy and self centered. People have shelved the word of God and rarely is the word spoken the public in some parts of the world while to some it's not wanted at all. The people too busy in their own jobs, professions and carriers yet God also has a message for them as their father and God. He has a mission with us yet we tend to assume or doubt His presence. God may decide to allow strange things to happen in order to get our attention and that we may give him our time and do his mission. Sometimes He speak through strange things especially when we get too busy for Him.
Many strange things are today happening around the globe. It could be that God is drawing our attention to Him. Moses didn't know that there was a voice of hope, healing, love, blessing, joy, deliverance in that strange happening. We therefore need to seek what's the voice of God when we see strange things happen. It could be that God is speaking something to us.
Pastor Eliazar Wambo
Bethesda Faith Ministries
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