One day, Moses walked past a shrub he’d probably seen a hundred times before, only this time it was on fire with God’s Presence. Moses said, 'I must turn aside and look at this great sight....' Everything depended on his willingness to 'turn aside' - to interrupt his daily routine and pay attention to God. He didn’t have to. He could’ve looked the other way, said, 'I’m busy,' and kept right on going. But then he’d have missed his calling and the reason for his existence. He’d also have missed knowing God. What a loss! But he didn’t - he 'turned aside'. God wanted to begin a new nation and He wanted Moses to lead it. God’s timing seemed strange. Forty years earlier, Moses was young, the product of the finest education system in the world. Then he had powerful connections and high hopes. But now he was a nobody, an anonymous shepherd in a forgotten desert, working for his father-in-law, rejected by his own people, and a fugitive from the Egyptians. 'Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?' Moses asked. 'Nobody knows me. I’m slow of speech. I’m disappointed in myself.' What God said to Moses He’s saying to you as you read this: 'I’ve seen your track record and it doesn’t matter - for I will be with you. Your guilt and your inadequacies are no longer the ultimate truth about you. You are what you are, but you’re not yet what you will be - because I’m with you!' Need direction today? Slow down, turn aside, listen to God!