Exodus 3:4 And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

If God were to speak audibly to you what are your choices? God is real or you are crazy. Does God speak audibly to us? Let us set that issue aside to be reasoned with later. What I would like to address is the issue at hand. How did Moses end up before God?

Exodus 3:3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

God presents an opportunity for Moses to see something that would catch Moses’ eye and create in him a desire to investigate. This is a little bit like placing candy in the checkout lane in your grocery store. The store knows you might want it so they put it within reach. Just as in the checkout lane, Moses could have rejected the notion to seek an answer. Moses took the offer.

Every discovery of God in this world has to begin with a stimulus. It will not be a burning bush but it will be something you notice. Within that moment we all have to search ourselves to answer why we want to seek God.

Maybe you were raised by parents that made sure you understood their beliefs and why. Maybe they were Christians, maybe not. I don’t want to assume anything. At some point in life we all have a burning bush moment but do we recognize it as God calling to you?

What do you need from a God? Do you even feel a need for God? Many do not, so we can leave them out of the conversation because they aren’t seeking God. Burning bush moments are mostly curiosity. At that moment we didn’t know God.

1 Kings 18:20-22 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

I have an opinion about okra and many do not agree with me. My opinion is harmless and no one cares about my opinion. The subject of your opinion matters. In this case it is about who is God. That matters to me and my opinion is based on what God has demonstrated to me in my life. I would prefer to call them facts, but others with different opinions choose to reject the idea of me calling my experiences with my God fact.

This brings into question about the formation of opinions. How are they formed and why? This takes us back to the subject of the opinion. No one cares about my opinion about okra and they shouldn’t. How about my car? What is my opinion about my car? If you are looking to spend a fair amount of your income on monthly payments for a car, isn’t that important? Sure it is and it is fair to shop around and ask question of others about why they chose their car.

Now we are getting into the area of the why. What are you looking for in a vehicle? Is it a personal vehicle? Do you need four seats, five seats or six? Once you decide what your needs are then you can start shopping around for what you need and perhaps what you want.

What do you need from God?