Give us this day.....

This morning at church the sermon was this amazing message on the burning bush, and on Matthew 22:14 where it says "many are called, but few are chosen". The pastor talked about the space in between those thoughts - what happens in between when people are called and when they are chosen and why do so many not follow through.

As the pastor was talking I went off on a slightly different track - one of the other verses that was used was about the burning bush. In Exodus 3:3-4 it says

So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.”

⁴ 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.”

The amazing part of this is that Moses made a conscious decision to stop and examine the bush and God makes a big deal of this - so much so that when Moses does that, it gets God's attention. Moses doesn't just pass by the bush and move on, he stops and takes time. 

It made me think about all the struggles I've been having with church, work, weekends and life in general. I've forgotten how to rest in the moment, how to be present and take what God gives me for this day, this hour, this minute. I think this is partially why I struggle with free time - I'm too busy worrying about what I'm not doing, what needs to be done, what I'm missing out on and what I am not getting done in that moment rather than what IS going on in that moment. I want to get back to a moment by moment relationship with God where every breath is expired in prayer to God that He will use me in the moment and will walk with me IN that moment. That God will give me sufficient for THIS day what I need, and that is the only place I need to be. Instead of yearning for the weekend, I just need to be here, right now. Tomorrow will take care of itself, and I cannot do anything about yesterday. 

Its all pretty simple stuff, and yet I struggle with it  so! My prayer for this week will be that I'll be reminded of the burning bush - that taking the time in the moment to stop and pay attention to what God is doing RIGHT NOW will always get God's attention. If I press in to Him, He will draw closer to me in my daily life. That's our promise, and I want to capture a little of the burning desire to be close to Him that I've somehow lost along the way.