Most days of a person’s life are just ordinary. That’s the way it was for Moses that day. The desert was quiet. Sand stretched to the horizon, sheep wandered lazily, and Moses walked through another routine moment of an ordinary life. Then—fire. A bush ablaze, burning but not consumed. No thunder. No trumpet. Just a whisper of wonder flickering in the wilderness.
Most folks might have walked on, muttering about mirages and heat. But Moses didn’t. Scripture says he “turned aside.”
Those two words changed everything. The divine moments rarely shout. They whisper. God does not force Himself on distracted hearts. He waits for a turning. Every “burning bush” begins with curiosity, attention, and pause.
How many bushes do we pass each day? A phrase that lingers from a verse. A tug in prayer we silence with hurry. A hurting soul who needs our listening. Perhaps God is there, hidden in plain sight, waiting for us to turn aside.
When Moses did, heaven spoke: “Moses, Moses!” What began as observation became a life’s work. The shepherd met his calling not in a palace, but by looking closer at a burning bush.
So today, turn aside. Let ordinary moments become holy ground. God still surrounds your life with small burning fires that call you to serve him. Just notice!
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.