First BCM meeting at Coker tonight. I must say, Dizzy Felkel did an amazing job. God has some awesome things in store for him and BCM this year, I'm sure of it! There were 30 people, which was a huge surprise because the average for last year on a good night was around 14. And with this being the first night, that was super encouraging.
The scripture that tonight's lesson came from was Exodus 3:1-6 which talks about Moses and the burning bush. For those of you who don't know that story - Moses is hanging out taking care of his father-in-law Jethro's sheep out in the desert. He stumbles across this burning piece of foliage - which #1 in the desert it's pretty weird to see random bushes anyway, and #2 it's even weirder to see burning random bushes. So Moses is like what the junk, I'm sure. Then this bush starts talking to him and proceeds to tell him to take off his shoes because he's on holy ground.
Have y'all ever been to someone's house like that before? Where they've been like "you betta take off yo shoes 'fore you come in my house!" Well, I haven't but I know other people have. So you do it as a sign of respect and as a sign of humility. You're doing what they've asked for whatever reason they've asked. Well Dizzy talked about a couple of things we can learn from this passage.
1. If a burning piece of foliage is speaking to you, there's a good chance it's God.
- God speaks to us all in different ways. Sometimes we are too stubborn to hear. Sometimes we aren't surrounding ourselves enough with Him, so when He does speak, we don't recognize the sound of His voice. Point being - listen for God and His calling. Can't go wrong there.
2. When God tells you to do something, there's a good chance He knows what He's talking about.
- When God told Moses to take off his shoes, it was because Moses was on "holy ground." Not many people know what that means. The phrase "holy ground" is used when referring to the presence of God. If God is at work... if God is speaking to you... you're on holy ground. No, you don't necessarily need to take your shoes off. But maybe you do. Maybe you just need to kneel before Him. Maybe you need to fall flat on your face acknowledging His reign over you and your life. Whatever you feel needs to be done, do it!
The main message Dizzy was trying to get across was - God's going to work. He's going to talk to us, He's going to guide us... if we let Him. We have to give Him that chance. We have to give Him that authority in our lives. Moses did what God asked. He recognized it was God, and he acted. We need to stop being so absorbed in ourselves and our own lives that we forget about God and we stop looking for Him.
"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." - Jeremiah 29:13
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