“Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.” When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.”
EXODUS 3:1-6
“Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt.” So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had light where they lived.”
EXODUS 10:21-23
“And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.”
EXODUS 13:21
God always comes looking for us in the dark.
He knows exactly where we are, but He invites us unto Himself.
Foolishly we think that in hiding we will never be found. In hiding in the darkness so thick that it is felt, that there is no light that can illuminate. We echo the Psalmist, ’Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night.’ (Ps 139:11).
But our God is Emmanuel,
God with us,
God among us,
God for us,
God moving close to us.
He illuminates the darkness with Himself - the Light of the World. And He leads us out of darkness into His marvelous light.
During Advent, we remember Christ’s first coming, and we look ahead to His second coming. But how is He coming to you today? How is He inviting you unto Himself? Inviting you to come out of hiding and darkness, and into His light?
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