Standing on Holy Ground

Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Exodus 3:1-6 KJV 

1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, [even] to Horeb. 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here [am] I. 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What was Moses doing on the backside of the desert? (v.1)
2) What was extraordinary about the bush that Moses saw? (v.2)
3) What did Moses decide to do when he saw the bush? Why? (v.3)
4) When did the Lord call Moses? (v.4)
5) What were the Lord's instructions to Moses? (v.5)
6) How did the Lord introduce Himself to Moses? (v.6)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
7) Have you ever gone through a desert, or wilderness, season during your life as a Christian? If so, briefly describe what that season was like?
8) What was your relationship with the Lord like, following your wilderness season?
9) Have you received the Lord's call into ministry? If so, briefly describe what happened.

PRINCIPLES
10) The Lord uses the wilderness to prepare His people for ministry.
11) The Lord uses the wilderness to empty His people of self reliance and to draw them closer to Himself.
12) The Lord's call into ministry is often preceded by a call to closer fellowship with Himself.