Be like Moses when God says go

For some of us, the season of wilderness comes to us uninvited and catches us by surprise. But for some of us, sometimes life just seems to go on without much disruption and for those of us with lives that seem pretty normal and plain, we find ourselves seeking, choosing and being drawn to places in wilderness that we might experience a kind of breakthrough, a fresh light, out of the shallow, into the deep.

Have you ever been pulled by something that caught your attention? Or distracted you from your normal flock-tending life, á la Moses. Or a sight of something that demanded your deeper awareness? Made you turn your head. Examine it more. Someone emailed me a quote they liked this week and they described it as, “this line arrested me with how true it feels”. Has a thing ever arrested you, your mind, your time, your energy?

A detour into the wilderness can teach us. Like all the negative space in a good photograph. An open, wild space to experience. It might not look so productive sometimes. Like Moses, who gave up his place and became a foreigner in a foreign land. He was not in control, but moved with his family’s culture, tending flocks in the wild. And there, he was faced with the holy burning bush. There he was captivated by a thing he didn’t understand. There, he was transformed. 

Grace and peace, 

Anita Sorenson

Pastor for Spiritual Formation