This month's theme is "your season of enlargement and divine encounter" — Rehoboth and Beersheba. When God speaks a word over a season, it is not enough to hear it; we must appropriate it, pray it, and act on it, because faith without works is meaningless.

Reading: Exodus 3:1-12

Moses was tending his father-in-law's flock in the wilderness when the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing bush at Sinai, the mountain of God. Moses was not a king on a throne — he was in the bush, an ordinary man in an ordinary place. Yet God located him there, because when it is time for an encounter, God can find you anywhere: in a bush, in a prison like Joseph, or on the street.

"Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground." — Exodus 3:5

The Pattern of a Divine Encounter

Moses' encounter followed a sequence: amazement, announcement, and instruction. He was first amazed that the bush was not consumed. Then God announced Himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Finally, God gave clear instruction — go to Pharaoh and lead the people out. There is no encounter without instruction, and God never sends us out without also equipping us for what He has called us to do.

None of Them Expected It

Moses was tending sheep. David was watching sheep. Gideon was hiding in a wine press. Peter was washing fishing nets. Saul was traveling to persecute Christians. None of them expected their lives to change that day — but one encounter with God changed everything. It is not our background that determines our future; it is our encounter with God.

Wherever you are this week — at work, in the hospital, on a plane — God can meet you there. Your current situation is not an obstacle to God's visitation. A genuine divine encounter will always change who you are: your direction, your heart, your purpose, and your future.