God has
something He wants to show you.

How do I
know this? Because God has something He wants to say to each and every one of
us. We see this principle at play in the story of Moses in Exodus 3. At this
point in his life, Moses is a murderer living on the backside of the desert.
He’s not a poster child for righteousness, but we see that God has something to
say to Moses in 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 wilderness 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.”

Regardless
of his low status and shady past, the Lord had something specific to say to
Moses. The same is true for you and I. No matter what we’ve done or where we
are right now—no matter how much of a priority God has been in our lives
lately—He wants to commune with us. He wants to speak purpose and identity over
us. He wants to show us something amazing.

Notice
what Moses did when he saw the bush, because it’s the key to clearly hearing
God’s voice in our day-to-day lives: “Moses thought, ‘I will go over and see this strange sight.’”
Other translations use the phrase “turn aside.”

A huge part
of us being empowered and encouraged when we hear the voice of God is dependent
upon us turning aside to tune in to
what God wants to say. Moses was just going about his regular day, shepherding
sheep. Similarly, you and I have a laundry list of things we have to do today—those
lists of things are always there. But hearing the voice of God is often
contingent upon stopping the monotony
of the list—returning emails, running errands, watching shows, scrolling
through social media—in order to turn aside and to focus on the Lord.

He wants
to speak to you today, just like He wanted to speak to Moses. The question
isn’t whether God’s speaking—it’s whether we will turn aside and soak in His
presence.

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