un-series - In His Presence

• we seek to put the person of God in everything we do. 

As Moses looked, he saw that the bush was on fire but was not consumed. 3 So Moses thought, “I must go over and look at this remarkable sight. Why isn’t the bush burning up?”

4 When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from the bush, “Moses, Moses!”

“Here I am,” he answered.

5 “Do not come closer,” he said. “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

EXODUS 3:2-5

“IN HIS PRESENCE”.

WE ARE SEEN

4 When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from the bush, “Moses, Moses!”

• For 40 years Moses lived as an obscure shepherd in the desert of Midian. At this point his life was so humble that he didn’t even have a flock of sheep to call his own – the sheep belonged to his father-in-law.

You are important to God.

"But now, this is what the Lord says – he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: 'Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.

ISAIAH 43:1-2

7 Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

LUKE 12:7 

WE ARE HUMBLED

5 “Do not come closer,” he said. “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

• In this moment, Moses is invited to step into the revelation that the value of His life is not found in a pair of sandals, but in a God who knows His name…

WE ARE WASHED

4 So he got up from supper, laid aside his outer clothing, took a towel, and tied it around himself. 5 Next, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel tied around him.

6 He came to Simon Peter, who asked him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

7 Jesus answered him, “What I’m doing you don’t realize now, but afterward you will understand.”

8 “You will never wash my feet,” Peter said.

Jesus replied, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”

JOHN 13:4-8 

• “This was an immoderate modesty, a proud humility.”

Then they began to argue among themselves about who would be the greatest among them.

LUKE 22:24

Jesus replied, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”

• We are grateful Jesus did not say, If you do not have great holiness, you have no part with Me. We are happy He did not say, If you are not a Bible expert, you have no part with Me. Having a part with Jesus begins simply with receiving something from Him, not achieving something our self.

WE ARE SENT

Now go, for I am sending you to Pharaoh. You must lead my people Israel out of Egypt.”

EXODUS 3:10