I’m sure I learned this along the way, but it feels like I’ve seen it for the first time this week. Verse one of the story of Moses and the burning bush says that Moses was “keeping” his father in law’s flock, and then that “he led the flock beyond the wilderness.”
Wow. How reckless, we might think.
But, when we realize it’s foreshadowing for the way Moses will lead an entire people beyond the wilderness it becomes, well, revelatory. What does this tell us about being used by God in ways that are beyond our control?
- That right when we thought we knew what we were supposed to do (keep the flock) we are propelled into something else (going beyond the wilderness)?
- That living with and for God means living beyond what we can understand?
- That God will call us to things beyond our imaginings if only we let God catch our attention?
All of this got me thinking about the quotation attributed to the French Jesuit, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
If this is true, then having courage to step beyond what we think we can do should be easy, right?
If this is true, then listening for and responding to God’s direction for our lives, should be a no brainer, right?
I guess it depends if we think this is true.
See you Sunday!