The Lord said “Moses! Moses!.”

When the Lord saw that Moses turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” Exodus 3:4

You and I are not alone...sometimes feeling estranged from the God we love because of our own stubborn insistence on having it our own way. We feel like we are alone in a wilderness. This has happened all through history and every time we lose sight of where God might be, he calls us.

"Lee! Lee!"

The first time was when God called "Adam! Adam!"  Then again, with Moses at the burning bush. Moses was tending his father-in-law's and was on the west side of the wilderness near Horeb, the mountain of God. An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and Moses said, “I have to go and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up.” When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” Moses replied "Here I am!".  And...God declared himself saying "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”

God is always calling us. Unfortunately, we usually fail to hear Him. There are reasons for this. The children of Israel where in exile...estranged from their God Yahweh. They longed to live in fellowship with Him once again but despaired of it ever happening. The prophet Jeremiah comforted them with a letter outlining Yahweh's words to them. "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." (Jer 29:13)

Elijah ran for his life and hid in a cave...at Horeb...the same place Moses found Yahweh, after Jezebel threatened to kill him. The Word of the Lord came to him, and He said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?...Go forth and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord was passing by! A powerful wind was pounding the mountain and breaking it in pieces. But...the Lord was not in the wind. And an earthquake came after the wind , but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake a fire came, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing...and the voice of Yahweh was in the gentle blowing.

We learn two important lessons here. First, we will find God only when we search for Him with all our hearts. Second, when God calls it may be in the least expected manner. You may be wandering but, there is a way out of the wilderness. God is calling you...can you hear his voice? Listen! Harder!

Sadly, millions of people will never experience the overwhelming elation, the exhilaration, the  intoxicating pleasure found through intimacy with God because they never seek Him. It's sadder still when people of faith fail to ever find perfect fellowship with their Savior because they simply will not seek Him with all their heart.

I can choose to be a believer and live in the spiritual wilderness or I can choose to be a believer and dwell securely in the arms of the God who called my name.

Who are you?

Live boldly out there today...