Witness HOLY GROUND
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Ex. 3:5.
Moses had been in the wilderness for forty years, herding sheep. They weren't even his own sheep--they belonged to his father-in-law. One day as he was traveling along through the desert sands, he saw a bush that was on fire. He went closer to investigate. The Lord spoke to him from the bush and said, "Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground."
What was it that made the ground around the burning bush holy ground? Oh, you may say, it was God's presence. But hadn't God been present with Moses, in his desert wanderings, before the burning bush? Yes. So what made the difference now? It was that Moses realized in a special way that God was there.
Jesus came to earth for only thirty-three and one-half years. Thirty of those years He spent in the carpenter shop. We are told that Jesus was serving God just as much in the carpenter shop as during the three and one-half years of His public ministry (see The Desire of Ages, p. 74). Jesus, while working as a carpenter, realized God's presence there with Him, and the carpenter shop became holy ground for Him.
Each of us today can understand that wherever we work, wherever we spend our days, can be holy ground for us, if we realize the Lord's presence there. We don't have to go to some temple or holy mountain to find the presence of the Lord. He is always with us, and as we discern His presence, the ground whereon we stand becomes holy ground. It makes no difference if you are a sheepherder, like Moses, or a carpenter, like Jesus, or a teacher or businessman or housewife or salesman. It makes no difference if your place of business is "the backside of the desert" (Ex. 3:1), as Moses', or in the crowds of the city. The office, the home, the place of business, can become holy ground as you realize that the Lord is with you there.
Witnessing for Christ is not something that is limited to Sabbath afternoons. It is rather a way of life. Perhaps the broadest field of witnessing you will ever have is to be found in the place where you earn your livelihood, for it is there that you spend so much of your time. If you dedicate your place of business to the Lord, to be holy ground, He will be present there.
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Ex. 3:5.
Moses had been in the wilderness for forty years, herding sheep. They weren't even his own sheep--they belonged to his father-in-law. One day as he was traveling along through the desert sands, he saw a bush that was on fire. He went closer to investigate. The Lord spoke to him from the bush and said, "Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground."
What was it that made the ground around the burning bush holy ground? Oh, you may say, it was God's presence. But hadn't God been present with Moses, in his desert wanderings, before the burning bush? Yes. So what made the difference now? It was that Moses realized in a special way that God was there.
Jesus came to earth for only thirty-three and one-half years. Thirty of those years He spent in the carpenter shop. We are told that Jesus was serving God just as much in the carpenter shop as during the three and one-half years of His public ministry (see The Desire of Ages, p. 74). Jesus, while working as a carpenter, realized God's presence there with Him, and the carpenter shop became holy ground for Him.
Each of us today can understand that wherever we work, wherever we spend our days, can be holy ground for us, if we realize the Lord's presence there. We don't have to go to some temple or holy mountain to find the presence of the Lord. He is always with us, and as we discern His presence, the ground whereon we stand becomes holy ground. It makes no difference if you are a sheepherder, like Moses, or a carpenter, like Jesus, or a teacher or businessman or housewife or salesman. It makes no difference if your place of business is "the backside of the desert" (Ex. 3:1), as Moses', or in the crowds of the city. The office, the home, the place of business, can become holy ground as you realize that the Lord is with you there.
Witnessing for Christ is not something that is limited to Sabbath afternoons. It is rather a way of life. Perhaps the broadest field of witnessing you will ever have is to be found in the place where you earn your livelihood, for it is there that you spend so much of your time. If you dedicate your place of business to the Lord, to be holy ground, He will be present there.
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