What If God Is Trying to Get Your Attention? – Rev. Madeline Preaches on the Burning Bush

What if God is already trying to get your attention?Moses wasn’t looking for a life-changing encounter. He was simply doing his job, tending sheep in the wilderness, when something strange caught his eye: a bush on fire that wasn’t burning up. Moses could have kept walking. Instead, he turned aside. He paid attention. And that moment changed everything.In this sermon, we explore the story of Moses and the burning bush and what it can teach us about recognizing God in our own lives. God may not speak to us through flames on a mountainside. Sometimes the invitation comes through a conversation we can’t stop thinking about, a moment of unexpected beauty, a growing sense that something needs to change, or a quiet tug on the heart asking us to take the next step.The question isn’t whether we have everything figured out. Moses certainly didn’t. His first response was, “Who am I?” But God wasn’t asking Moses to feel completely ready. God was asking him to be open.What might happen if we started treating ordinary moments as possible encounters with the holy? What might we notice if we were curious enough to turn aside? And when God calls us toward something new, could we find the courage to answer: “Here I am”?Sometimes one small yes can change the direction of a life—and sometimes, by God’s grace, it can change far more than that.00:00 Opening Prayer00:21 Moses Grows Up01:10 The Burning Bush02:58 God Shows Up03:32 I Am Who I Am05:26 Ready For The Call05:53 Moses Hesitates07:07 Saying Yes Changes Everything08:16 Here I Am Lord