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Take your shoes off; you are standing on holy ground. Do we recognize the holiness of the ground under which we stand and walk? Are we afraid to touch the holy? God told Moses that the ground upon which Moses was standing was holy ground and that he should touch it with his feet.
Why not touch the holy? It is not that holiness is foreign to us since we have been baptized into God’s holiness. Some places have servers wear gloves when they touch or carry sacred vessels, as if their touch would somebefore Godhow violate the sacredness of the vessels. We are holy and God calls us to touch the holy. Holy things are for holy people.
Moses approached the burning bush and took off his shoes while God spoke to him. The God of Moses’ ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, announced his plan to Moses. He was to go to Pharaoh and lead God’s people out of Egypt.
We, God’s holy people through God’s call to baptism, stand on holy ground. God reveals to us God’s plan. It may not seem like much to us, or it may seem too much for us. God wants to send us to our pharaoh so that we can lead our people to God’s holy mountain.
Read verses 13-20 for Moses reaction to God’s call. How will we respond to God? It is a holy God who speaks to us, who are also holy with God’s holiness, who calls us to the holy task of bringing deliverance to others. How can we refuse because the One who calls us has made us holy and equipped us for the task? We must believe in our holiness and do what the Lord calls us to do.