Exodus 3:12 (HCSB)
He answered, "I will certainly be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you bring the people out of Egypt, you will all worship God at this mountain."
Moses did not ask for a sign. He was looking at a bush burning with fire but not burning up. He was listening to the voice of God speak to him from the bush. It would not occur to him to request a sign while he was transfixed by a sign. But God offered Him verification anyway. But the sign seemed so mundane in comparison to everything else. He would watch his staff turn into a snake. He would see the Nile turn to blood. He would witness the death of Egypt’s firstborn. Coming back to a mountain to worship seemed like such a little thing.
But was it?
Bringing all the people out of Egypt was certainly a miracle. He did not leave any behind. I relocated a church and I did not bring everyone with me. It’s not that easy to pull such a thing off. People are fickle things. Convincing all the Hebrews to follow Moses out of Egypt was probably the greatest miracle of the entire exodus.
We wonder why God does not perform miracles today… or why He does not perform more. But God probably does more miracles than we are aware of! There are a lot of things that we pass off as mundane, just everyday experiences that may be some of the greatest miracles. We just can’t see because we are blinded by a burning bush. We think we have to see something unexplainable. How do we know what is explainable? How do we know what is miraculous? We don’t know everything. We certainly cannot see behind the spiritual curtain. We just go on about our humdrum lives and never realize all the stupendous things that God is doing for us every day. Just showing up at the same mountain was a sign. Maybe just showing up at the same church this Sunday for worship is a miracle we cannot explain.
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