Exodus Chapter 3

5 Do not come any closer, God said. Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

6 Then he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

11 But Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?

12 And God said, I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.

Moses is out tending his father in law's sheep when he sees a burning bush and goes over to investigate. The bush is not burning up, but continues to burn and as Moses approaches, he hears God calling his name. Moses is told to take off his sandals, because he is standing on holy ground, and he hides his face because he is afraid to look at God. Reverence and awe is shown here. Moses shows God reverence, respect, by taking off his sandals, and awe because he knows just how unworthy he is, how small, in comparison to God.

It is easy to go to church on Sunday with a very casual attitude, to go, chat with people, sing a few songs, listen to someone preaching, maybe have a cup of coffee afterwards and then go home. But what about God? Do we show the reverence and awe, the praise and the worship that it is due? God is not some airy fairy being who will grant all our wishes, a Mr Fixit guaranteed to sort everything out for us, someone we can blame when things go wrong, when bad things happen. He is the one who created the universe and all that is in it. There was nothing, and then God created the heavens and the earth. He could destroy each and everyone of us without even blinking, He has the world at his fingertips. He knew before He created the world exactly what would happen, and Jesus knew even as He was speaking the world into existence that he would ended up on the cross. What kind of love is that, that knew even before there was anything there, just how much pain and suffering they would go through but still went ahead anyway?

Do we approach him with the right attitude, with respect, with love, adoration, worship and praise? Are our minds and hearts focused on God, on all that He is, all that He has done, or are we busy thinking about what we are going to have for Sunday lunch, things that have happened during the week, who we want to talk to after the service, what we are doing in the coming week?

And what about trust, about believing in God when He asks us to do something? I mean, like Moses, I often ask myself who am I that I should be doing this, that or the other. What does God see in me that is so special and how come He thinks I can do those things? Yet there are tings happening in my life, things that have changed this year that I never thought possible or even dreamt about. Yes, I kind of fell into them by chance, but maybe, this is all something that God has planned, designed, and He has given me the ability to do these things. I may work in the background, behind the scenes, but I know that what I do gives people cause to think, and getting people to think about God can never be a bad thing.

Like Moses, I may question God about why me and what can I possibly do, but if God has called us to do something, then he will equip us for the task. We are not alone, and we are not helpless. After all, we have the creator of the universe giving us the resources we need to do the job He has asked us to do, we just need to have faith and to trust in Him.