Fire- Moses And The Burning Bush Series

And they show me my seat, and they are like, "You're back here."

I'm in the last row. I'm like, "Wow, last row, guest of honor, all right, God, thank you, good, all right." And like who's sitting next to me? It was all missionaries. I'm like, "I'm in the missionary section, all right. Praise God. All right."

As I'm sitting there God's like, "Oh, is that going to be your attitude today?" And I'm like, "No! It was going to be my attitude, but I am changing."

And he's like, "It is not about you. Are you here for me? Or are you here for

you?"

I'm like, "I'm here for you."

So I'm sitting there enjoying the conference, I'm like, "God, I'm on the back row. I'm getting to know the missionaries. They are awesome people. I'm going broke supporting them though." And, you know, so this is going on.

And my attitude, I'm just going to tell you, my attitude changed. God had a moment of smack down the pride, and I'm just enjoying the conference. And out of the random, they come up to me, they say, "Hey, Pastor Brian Houston" -- he leads the whole conference -- they said, "He's looking for somebody to interview in the next session, and we thought of you. Just God put you on our heart, and we want to interview you and talk to you. It is going to be on this topic about pastoral relationships. It is going to be Q and A. Are you able to do that?"

I'm like, "Absolutely."

They are like, "All the pastors will be there." I'm like, "Perfect, that's great."

And God goes, "I know what row you're on. I know what row you're on." And so I'm like, "Wow, God, that is so cool."

I'm in this interview. I get in there, and Brian says to me, "You know what God told me? You're supposed to teach. I'm not supposed to do Q and A with you. You're supposed to teach, so go ahead, teach."

And I'm like, "Okay, great." And I had a little bit of notes. I taught and did it. And afterward God was like, "Never, never doubt that I know what row you are on, what city you live in, what state you're in, what country, what continent, what desert. Never doubt. I know where you are. You stay close to me. You keep your attitude right. You stay faithful and I will figure out where to move you."

That's what we have to do. That's what we all have to do. Every one of us.

He told Moses, "You're in the story, you're in the story. You thought you had forty years of nothing. You're in the story." It must have taken forty years to get Moses to a spot where he could finally use him. And he says, "You're in the story." And the interesting thing is he quotes, he says, "I am the God of your father, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob."

And Moses hides his face because he's like, "I'm in the story. Those are the heroes. I'm in the story, God. I can't believe you have put me in the story." It's an amazing thing. You don't have to be perfect to be in the story. We'll get to that in just a second.

The other thing I see from this is God initiates the action. God initiates the action. Moses is just being faithful, and God shows up with the burning bush. And I'm going to tell you this, sometimes we try to force it. Sometimes you try to make it happen. And God is like, "Don't worry. I will initiate it on my time."