MOSES---CHRIST AND US
Moses was tending a flock of
sheep
For his father-in-law Jethro
And angel appeared to him on Mount Horeb
Moses looks over and sees a bush
A bush on fire
Yet not burning up
A strange site indeed
As Moses
Goes closer to the bush
He hears a voice,
“Moses, Moses”
Moses says,
“Here I am”
And God says,
“Do not come any
closer
Take off your sandals
You are standing on Holy Ground”
Exodus 3:5
Moses is afraid to look
Afraid to see the face of God
Who can blame him
Wouldn’t you be afraid to look
Wouldn’t I
God proceeds
To tell Moses
To go to the Pharaoh of Egypt
And tell him
That he Moses,
Is to lead the Israeli people
Out of Egypt
Moses is terrified
He asks God
What he is to tell the Israeli people
God says to tell them,
“I AM has sent me to you
The Lord the God of your Fathers
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Has sent me to you
This is my name forever
The name by which
I am to be remembered
From generation to generation” Exodus
3:14-16
Fast forward to 2 or 3,000 years
later
And we find Jesus
Arriving from Galilee
At the river Jordan
To be baptized
As Jesus comes up
Out of the water
The spirit of God
Comes down upon him
Like a dove and lightening
I am
The Light of he World
I am
The Resurrection and the Light
I am
The vine
And you are the branches
He who believes in me---shall never die
Are we
Really his branches
Are we really
Open to the Lord’s calling
Live in me
So I can live in you
This is the ecstasy of our
religion
This is our calling
The calling of
The power to believe
The calling
To live our life out
On his Word
The calling
To be smaller more miniature versions
Of Jesus
In today’s world
The calling
To live out our life
Not our way---but God’s way
The challenge
To keep believing
Without seeing
We are to believe
As Saint Paul
said,
“No longer I
But Christ who lives in me”
To learn
That we really
Are to live our life
For the God whose name is
I AM
Robert P. Wallman
8-17-11
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