The Bush, the Sandals, and the Call: When God Meets You in the Desert

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🗓️ Week 2 – Sunday (July 6)



The Bush, the Sandals, and the Call: When God Meets You in the Desert

(Based on Exodus 3:1–6)

What if your quietest season is also your most important?

After fleeing Egypt, Moses lived a very different life in the wilderness of Midian. No more royal robes, political power, or palace intrigue. Instead, he had a wife, two sons (Gershom and Eliezer), and a shepherd’s staff.

It may have looked like he was forgotten… but God was shaping him.

“He leads me beside still waters… He restores my soul…” (Psalm 23:2–3)
Moses lived this verse — for 40 years.

🏞️ Wilderness Years Are Not Wasted Years

We often think of the wilderness as the place after failure. And it was for Moses. But it was also the space where God began preparing him for one of the most daring rescue missions in human history.

It was during this quiet, obscure season that Moses:

  • Learned patience and humility

  • Grew in reverence for God’s presence in nature

  • Received divine inspiration to write Genesis and Job (according to Ellen White)

  • Understood the core of salvation history and the great controversy

That means your wilderness moments — the quiet, uneventful, maybe even lonely ones — could be the classroom of your calling.

🔥 The Bush That Didn’t Burn

One day, Moses sees something strange: a bush on fire… but not burning up.

He turns aside. And everything changes.

God calls his name.
And before giving him any assignment, God says:

“Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” (Exodus 3:5)

It’s not the bush that’s holy — it’s the presence of God that transforms a dusty corner of the wilderness into sacred space.

✝️ The God of Generations

God introduces Himself in a specific way:

“I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” (Exodus 3:6)

This wasn’t just about reverence. It was reassurance.
God was reminding Moses of the covenant promise:

  • “I haven’t forgotten My people.”

  • “I haven’t forgotten My word.”

  • “I haven’t forgotten you, Moses.”

⏳ What About You?

God didn’t call Moses when he was 30 or 40 — but 80.
We’re reminded again:
God is not in a hurry, but He is always right on time.

So don’t rush your process.
Don’t despise the wilderness.
And don’t be surprised when your bush starts burning.

🔄 Reflection Questions:

  • Have you ever felt like God forgot about you in your “Midian” season?

  • What might God be preparing in you while you wait?

  • What would it look like to treat your ordinary space as holy ground?

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