Sacred Moments {{Let's Have Coffee}}

The story of Moses and the burning bush is a most familiar one.

While tending his father-in-law’s sheep one day, Moses was struck by a bush which was burning yet not consumed.

“So Moses said, “I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up.” (Exodus 3:3, NASB)

Moses took the time from his ordinary responsibilities to go see what was occurring. It was then that God spoke to him.

“When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” (verse 4, NASB)

The story has been poking at me for days. It has made me question … do we turn aside and give our attention to God?

We can read our Bibles, devotionals, or Bible studies, checking off those boxes and gaining information. But are we gaining insight and relationship with God?

“The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments. What is retained in the souls is the moment of insight.”
(Abraham Joshua Heschel)

In our relationship with God, information should not be the goal. The goal in those moments is the very Presence of God Himself. We are to anticipate what He Himself will reveal to us; the insight we will gain from Him, from His Word.

For you see, we may not remember every fact in Scripture but we will remember the moment in which our God revealed Himself to us. We will remember the truth imparted. The Scripture He deposited into our hearts and minds.

“Be still and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10, NKJV)

Moses stopped tending the sheep. He paused to see what God was doing and then God spoke. Perhaps we need to do the same.

Stop. Pause. See. Listen.
Sacred moments are the moment of insight.
We don’t want to miss them.

Mother’s Day is this Sunday. In her post, Mom, I’ve Never Missed You More Than I Do Now HERE , Lois Flowers shares some thoughts she wishes she could share with her mom today.