How did I get here? Is that ever a question you ask yourself? Sometimes I go into a room to get something and get distracted by something else and forget what I went in there for. I eventually put down the distraction and return to what ever project I was working on, only to discover I need something, and find myself back in that room again.   If we don’t pay attention we end up where we were headed, and often that isn’t really what we intended. Moses kind of experienced that in his life.

He had it all. Raised in palace as a prince of Egypt. He had money, status, and a pretty good life going. Then he encountered an identity crisis. He realized who he was and he began to identify with his people. Upon seeing them oppressed and in one instance abused, he rushed in. It was probably not his best moment or his best decision. Then he ran. He fled into the wilderness, met his wife, had a son and lived as a stranger in a strange land. He led sheep around a mountain for a long time.

I suspect with all the time on his hands he wondered at how his people were doing. He probably wondered about his brother and sister. He probably thought there was nothing he could do now, put it out of his mind and went back to his sheep.

Sometimes that is our life. We are wandering around tending sheep. We are going through our daily grind, living life. Maybe we are running from something painful or a bad decision we made. Best not to think of it, just keep tending the sheep. But where can you go to run from God? Whether you are in the palaces of Egypt or the lonely fields on a mountain side, God shows up. He calls us to remember who He is. He calls us forward. What an amazing God he is.

This week we will look at the Gospel of the Burning Bush, and be reminded of who this God we serve is. Ready to leave your sheep?

See you at church,

Pastor Chris