Daniel 4:2 It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me.
Some years ago I saw a news report of a woman and her children who drowned in a flood. The report said there was no flood gauge and she drove into the water without knowing the depth. Her car was lifted up and swept away and they all died.
The water was the warning. Her judgment failed her.
The opening passage was a good news message about being shown favor in the sight of God. Many of us have witnessed the goodness of the Lord in our lives because unlike the woman above, we heeded the warning signs and used sound judgment.
I cannot tell what happened to others that was a sign of danger. We all have different stories but they all have the same ending. The common denominator for each and every one of them can be found in one simple idea. “This is the wrong path.”
Whatever choices we made, our mistakes, no matter how diverse, were not leading us to safe ground. Many of the stories I have heard over the years have had a similar singular moment that sounded the same, even though the words were different.
Exodus 3:3 And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.”
In each and every story there was something that caused us to put aside what we were doing to investigate something different and too curious for us to ignore. It is something I like to call our burning bush moment.
It does not have to be as wondrous as a bush that is not consumed by fire, it could be something as simple as water on the road. What matters is that moment we stop and take stock of the choices we have made that got us there to discover we are on the wrong path.
For a few of us it seemed easy, we heard “Follow me.” It doesn’t happen that way for everyone. The guilt and shame of our past can cause us to see no clear path. My only advice to those caught in a cloud of doubt is to stop looking around and look up.