Exodus 3:2a And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush:

God revealed Himself to Moses in a vision of the burning bush. That is pretty spectacular. God revealed Himself to me by giving me peace when I asked. God revealed Himself to my son by comforting him at his mother’s funeral. How did God reveal Himself to you?

God reveals Himself to his creation, every one of us. What does it take for you to recognize and accept Him? Will you deny Him unless your moment is a burning bush extravaganza? Will you only accept God on your terms? Do you love your life so much that you are unwilling to see anything except that which you have claimed in your own name?

Have made a lesser god your god? Lesser gods cannot give you anything you cannot attain for yourself. The promise might sound good, but everything is up to you. The demands to worship these gods are obedience without question. No promise of return on investment is offered only blind obedience.

So how can you know if the god you serve is any god at all? All I can say is, as with Moses, as with me, as with so many of my brothers in Christ, God revealed Himself first. God takes the first step and initiates contact. You will not find Him in “cause I said so” or “we have always” and for sure “I will kill you if you don’t”. You will find Him in a personal way, not in someone else’s ideals. God’s touch is personal.

1 John 1:2 For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;

1 John 4:10-11 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

He, the true God, loved us first.