3月6日
标 题： 在平凡中见非凡
经 节： 耶和华的使者从荆棘里火焰中向摩西显现。摩西观看，不料，荆棘被火烧着，却没有烧毁。摩西说：“我要过去看这大异象，这荆棘为何没有坏呢？”耶和华神见他过去要看，就从荆棘里呼叫说：“摩西！摩西！”他说：“我在这里。”（出埃及记三章2～4节）
当摩西正要办完当天的例行公事时，他看见一株着火的荆棘。在当地，这是很普通的景象，但摩西注意到一些古怪的现象。虽然荆棘被火烧着，却没有烧毁。摩西想要走过去瞧个仔细。当神看到摩西搁置当天的例行公事时，祂开口对他说话。神在摩西身上过去四十个年头的带领，在此时此刻达到高潮。神的救赎计画等待摩西在平凡中去发觉它的非凡。
有时当你埋首于日常生活琐事时，你可能会忽略身边不平凡的事物。你可能正处于一个稀松平常的时刻，然而，就在此时你被神的同在所充满。也许你在繁忙的日程中，注意到非常特殊的事物。你第一个反应可能是：“我太累了，实在不想去搞清楚怎么一回事！”或者是：“我不想被它搅乱我平静的生活。”但也许此时此刻就是你遇见神的一次独特机会。
神通常在你生活中一个司空见惯的场合对你说话，这往往不是你在教会敬拜神的时候。许多遇见神改变历史的际遇，是发生在生命中一段平凡的时刻。如果你在世俗平凡之处看到不平凡，千万不要继续埋首于日常生活的例行公事。也许这就是神计画好，要改变你和旁人生命的时刻！
The
Extraordinary in the Midst of the Ordinary
And
the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a
bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush
was not consumed. Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this
great sight, why the bush does not burn.” So when the LORD saw that he
turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said,
“Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” (Exodus 3:2-4)
Moses was going through the routine of his
day when he noticed an ordinary thing: a burning bush. Moses also noticed
something extraordinary. Although the bush was burning, it was not consumed.
Moses turned aside to look more closely. When the Lord saw Moses turning aside
from the routine of his day, He spoke to him. Everything God had been doing for
forty years in Moses’ life was culminating in this moment. So much of God’s
redemptive plan waited for Moses to notice the uncommon in the midst of the
common.
There will be times when, immersed in the
ordinary details of life, you may be oblivious to the extraordinary that is
right next to you. You can be in the midst of a common moment, only this time
the activity is filled with the presence of God. There may be times when, in
the middle of your harried day, you notice something unusual. Your first
reaction might be “I’m too tired to go aside to investigate this!” or “I’m not
going to disrupt my life for this.” Yet, in that moment you may have the
opportunity for a unique encounter with God.
God usually speaks out of the ordinary
experiences of life. Often, it is not while you are worshiping at church. Many
of God’s most profound and history-changing encounters come during the ordinary
experiences of life. When you see the unusual in the midst of the mundane,
don’t continue business as usual. It may be that God has ordained that moment
to be a life-changing time for you and those around you.
