The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 3:3-10

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

I. How MOSES MET WITH GOD.

1. The marvel was marked and considered. He might simply have glanced at it and passed on; but he observed it till the wonder of it possessed his soul. There are marvels that proclaim God's presence in the earth today. Creation, the Bible, Christ's saving work. The first step towards conviction is to consider them.

2. "He turned aside to see." It was a matter to be inquired into and probed to the bottom.

3. God meets the earnest, sincere spirit: "When the Lord saw," etc; "God called unto him." The eunuch reading in his chariot, and Philip, etc. We cannot turn aside to consider these things with a sincere desire for light, and not meet at last with him who is Light. To all true seekers God will reveal himself.

II. WHAT FITS FOR GOD'S SERVICE.

1. We must rise from a mere seeking after God to the knowledge that we are known of God: his heart was thrilled by the cry, "Moses! Moses!" The cry proclaimed not only that God knew him, but that he was his God. The 'Lord claimed him in that cry as his servant, his son. Have we heard it? If not, we do not know God as the living God, as our God, and how can we serve him?

2. The sense of God's holiness and majesty, hallowing all things for us (Exodus 3:5). The depth of our trust and our love may be measured by the depth of our adoration.

3. The vivid realisation of what God has done in the past (Exodus 3:6). That is God's revelation of himself. The story of the past must yield strength to the present.

4. The assurance that God's purpose of redemption is behind our efforts: that we speak and labour because he has surely risen to redeem (Exodus 3:7-10).—U.

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