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.