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I was reading about Moses the other day and his adventures between leaving Egypt and going back to confront Pharaoh to free the Israelites.

 

Seemingly out of nowhere, God appears in a burning bush and talks to Moses. 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." "Do not come any closer," God said. "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground." 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. Exodus 3:2-6

Most of us are pretty unlikely to encounter God in a burning bush during the course of our lives. So what does this story have to do with everyday life?

To begin with, there doesn’t appear to be anything special about this bush, other than God was in it. It could have been any one of a thousand bushes that God had available. It need not have been a bush, He could have moved a mountain or made an animal talk.

The thing that made the bush special was God’s presence. When God entered the bush it became holy. When we allow God into our lives, He lives in us. He lives in all believers.

 

That's what makes believers holy. Not holy because we’re special or perfect, holy only because of His presence in us.

The next time a believer does something to irritate you, stop and think twice before getting angry and pointing accusing fingers. Before you gossip about a fellow Christian or attack them, stop and think. The object of your attack and anger is on holy ground!!!

Rejoice in the fact that the "ordinary", including you and me, can be made holy.

-dave langerfeld