Exodus 3:2a And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush:

God revealed Himself to Moses in a vision of the burning bush. That is pretty spectacular. God revealed Himself to me by giving me peace when I asked. God revealed Himself to my son by comforting him at his mother’s funeral. How did God reveal Himself to you?

God reveals Himself to his creation, every one of us. What does it take for you to recognize and accept Him? Will you deny Him unless your moment is a burning bush extravaganza? Will you only accept God on your terms? Do you love your life so much that you are unwilling to see anything except that which you have claimed in your own name?

Have made a lesser god your god? Lesser gods cannot give you anything you cannot attain for yourself. The promise might sound good, but everything is up to you. The demands to worship these gods are obedience without question. No promise of return on investment is offered only blind obedience.

So how can you know if the god you serve is any god at all? All I can say is, as with Moses, as with me, as with so many of my brothers in Christ, God revealed Himself first. God takes the first step and initiates contact. You will not find Him in “cause I said so” or “we have always” and for sure “I will kill you if you don’t”. You will find Him in a personal way, not in someone else’s ideals. God’s touch is personal.

1 John 1:2 For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;

1 John 4:10-11 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

He, the true God, loved us first.

1 Corinthians 4:15 For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

I can remember a time when men lost themselves in the pursuit of wealth. Having attained a level of success they found that inner peace had eluded them. Some cashed it all in, some just walked away. “I need to find myself.” That was the term most heard by these men.

We live our lives in pursuit of love, respect, security and identity. These men achieved a high level of love, respect and security within their pursuit and cast it all aside to find identity. We do not hear as much about that pursuit these days. Life seems to be more of a struggle for survival.

Times have changed. What we see before us as perceived needs dictate more effort to make it one more day. We struggle to weave our way through a minefield of dangers. Tornados, floods, terror attacks, unemployment rates, interest rates, falling stock prices, bailouts, wars and threats of war, theft and murder, this is all we see placed before our lives. What happened to hope and charity?

It is alive in a few who have found their identity in Christ Jesus. What once was a strong beacon of hope called the United States of America seems to now glow as dying embers in the ash that only glow when the Holy Spirit breaths upon them.

Ezra 9:8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

We hope to escape, but being taken is not for us say, it is only known by God the Father. Thy will be done.

Ezra 9:14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?

This is what it feels like to see main stream churches who have no identity in Christ Jesus. Hold fast the Word of Truth yea sons of God, the begotten of the Beloved.