When we look at Moses' life we tend to not spend much time on the early parts because of all the things that occured in the latter part. The early parts of his life do not paint a picture of a man who would stand before Pharaoh and demand "Let my people go” : or that would lead a people through the wilderness and to the banks of the promised land. In our text, Moses is on the back side of a desert. At this particular moment in his life, Moses was lonely place. After killing the Egyptian and being rejected by his own people, he has fled to the wilderness to get away. In this lonely, desolate place Moses had an encounter with God. Even in the most desolate, backwards place, God can reach us. God speaks to Moses and tells him that even this remote, desolate, lonely place was holy ground. God could have spoken to Moses anytime and anywhere, but God chose this specific place to communicate to us that God knows where our nowhere is. He knows where we have gone to hide, and can reach us even there. Sooner or later all of us have to come to the place where we can find God in a wilderness. it is easy to find him when life is good an all is well. It is a different matter to find him amid the turmoil and pain. There are people who are hiding from God. There is a pain, a hurt that they cannot explain. God can come to our wilderness even if it is sitting on a pew. No matter where we are, God can get there an He has a message for us. The wilderness became a place of revelation. First he revealed to Moses himself. God does not use us because of us, he uses us in spite of us. God does not use us because we are prefect, He uses is because HE is perfect. God had something for Moses. What he had tried before did not work, but God let Moses know that a failure does not mean that He could not make something out of Moses' life. Why did God choose a burning bush to speak to Moses? In times past, He spoke from a cloud or a loud voice. But this time, God was looking to see if Moses was paying attention. The bible says Moses turned to look and when he did, God spoke. Moses tried many excuses as to why he could not do what God wanted, but God revealed to him that Moses would not do it, but that GOD would do it. There is no place that God's presence cannot be found. So God worked on Moses in the wilderness and began to prepare him to become what God had designed for him to be. God knows where the backside of our wilderness is.