Is God Somewhere Else?

Have you ever heard the phrase “What we really need is for God to show up?” Do we believe that God is somewhere else doing something and somehow we need God to stop being there and start being here where we are? If you will remember in the book of Exodus, Moses is out watching his father-in-laws sheep when he looks and sees a bush on fire but it was not being burned up.

Exodus 3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

Exodus 3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. Was this burning bush God’s way of getting Moses’ attention? Or was this God’s way of testing Moses, to see if he was awake to what was going on all around him. How long did it take for Moses to notice that the bush was not burning up? It is only when God noticed that Moses was in tune with what was going on around him that He spoke to Moses.

Exodus 3:3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

Exodus 3:4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

Do you and I ever see the unbelievable? The one that we thought was hopeless and then one day we notice that they have put their life back together or God has put it back together for them. God’s children should never ask the question “Where is God?“ The reason being is that when we show up so will God. I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. The question is not, “Where is God?” The more important question is, “Are we living fully awake, fully aware of the presence of an awesome God in our world?” If He has promised us that He will never leave us maybe we are not seeing the burning bushes not being consumed and therefore God is not speaking to us? Just a thought!

“IN GOD WE TRUST”