The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-08-26
A Xiaion Of Divine DUTY.

And the Angel of the Lord appeared
unto him in a flame of fire out of the
midst of a bush; and he looked, and,
behold, the bush burned with fire, and
the bush was not consumed.-Exodus,
iii., 2.
First of all we learn from the beau
tiful story of Moses that God will find
you wherever you are and will give to
you a divine duty. When all things
were ready God found Moses away
there in the rocky country of indian.
Moses seemed almost to have hidden
away from God, for the record says
that he now led the sheep to the fur
Their side of the mountain of Horeb.
Many a day he had pastured them in
the open plain and nothing unusual &C.
CURED. But on this day when he
least expects it he sees the presence
NJ God in the bush which shone with
divine glory.
In the light of this sacred history
read your own life story. Do not fear
that you will ever be forgotten or
overlooked if you are following Gods
leading. When you are needed God
will find you. He took Elisha from
the pillow and made him great pro-
rhet; he took David from the shep-
heru life and made him a great king;
he took John and Peter from their
fishing boats and made them masters
vi eternal truth; and when he wants
you he will make it as plain as he
made it plain that he wanted Moses.
We learn also from this story that
we cannot hurry Gods plans. Four
hundred years before God had promis-
ed this deliverance. The people sup
POSED that God had forgotten his
promise, but he had not. Forty years
had passed away in Moses desert life
and nothing unusual had happened.
You cannot hurry the plans of the
Almighty, for they are arranged with
reference to great and small things Of
the whole universe. Why not be pa
tient until you see his revelation of
divine duty, whether that be in one,
or ten or forty years? The four hun
dred years of waiting on the part Of
the chosen people was a period Of
preparation. The forty years of vol
untary Punishment for Moses was a
time of preparation for the leadership,
without which he could not had led
them out Of Egypt into the land Of
promise.
Nor is it too late with you. Moses
was now eighty years old. He might
have pleaded that he was too old.
But God wanted him so he made it
very plain. There is a cry to-day for
young men to be the leaders in the
affairs of the world. But do not be
misled by this. The best day of every
good man is before him up to the last.
Preparedness to do Gods will is the
test of the vision Of divine duty. Do
not then be discouraged if you are
kept for many months and even years
at the plain, simple duty of every
day life, for some day there will sure
w shine forth to you, bright and clear
the light of the revelation of your
pleasant duty to God and man.
In the morning we may open our
window to the flood of sunshine or to
or we may start our journey in the
luxury of health or with leaden footed
heaviness; it matters not, for he
says, Certainly, l will be with thee"
Put him to the test and you will see
the flashing forth of divine duty as
Moses saw it in the incident of the
burning bush and as the wise men
saw it in the Star of Bethlehem
John Lloyd Lee, d. d.