The Sunday of Job (OTA)

Exodus 3:1-12
1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.” 4 When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” 5 Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” 6 And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
7 Then the Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, 8 and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” 11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” 12 He said, “But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001 (Ex 3:1-12). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

Moses is out minding his own business or really his father-in-law's business. Then he sees a burning bush. God tells Moses what He has seen. He has seen the affliction of his people. The People of God are suffering in the Land of Egypt. God sees fit to send Moses to the land of Egypt in order to bring his people to freedom.

Moses asks the question which plagues the hearts of many Christians. "Who am I to speak?" If you do not speak then who will? Every Christian has been given a duty to speak the Word they have been told by Christ.

God came down to rescue you from your slavery to sin. He came to release you from bondage and suffering. On account of this we still suffer. But we suffer with the knowledge that God is with us. God has redeemed us from our sins. He has called the children of Israel his people. Moses is His messenger.

Who are You? You are the one God has claimed to be his. You are the one for whom Christ died. You are the one he has placed before others to speak so that they might have life. You have been called not by a bush or fire but by Christ Himself.