“Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy
ground.” Exodus 3:5
We never know when God will invade the routine of our life. There are
two places in the Bible when God gives the very curious command: “take off your
sandals.” The first time is when God appeared to Moses in the burning bush
before the people of Israel were delivered from Egypt; the second was with
Joshua, before God delivered Jericho to the Israelites. Jewish scholars have concluded that God used
a burning bush on the backside of a mountain to show that there is no place
devoid of God’s presence. It doesn’t matter where we are, God can meet us
there.
No one can live off of someone else’s experience. We have to have our
own epiphany, our own testimony. And taking off one’s shoes when pressing into
the presence of God, is a simple act of humility, removing any obstacle that
might block the anointing we wish to receive. Pastor Batterson makes an
observation that bears repeating –
“The holy ground wasn’t the Promised Land. It was right where Moses was
standing. Don’t wait to worship God until you get to the Promised Land; you’ve
got to worship God along the way. This is holy ground. This is a holy moment.
Right here. Right now. Take off your
sandals.”
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