I wonder how long it took Moses to notice the burning bush. It appears that it was there for a while because Moses says, “I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up.” You wouldn’t notice that the bush was not being consumed just by glancing at it. You would probably have to walk by a few times, and then all of a sudden you realize that the something strange is going on.

Was there more that was visible than just a bush on fire. The text says “The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush”. Did Moses fail to see the angel and only noticed the bush? Was he missing the miraculous because he was not paying attention? This is speculation, but it seems that Moses was just as dense as I am at certain times when God is trying to talk to me.

Sometime God hits us over the head with his leading and we completely fail to recognize it. Then all of a sudden we go “wait a minute, that bush is still burning; I wonder why that is?” It makes me feel a little better that Moses does not appear to have been totally on top of paying attention to God; but it makes me sad how often I fail to notice God in my everyday life. I suspect the more time we spend with God in prayer, discipleship, worship, and study; the more we will recognize God in the low key burning bushes of our everyday life.