For Moses, Midian had to seem like one. You may feel like you are in one...in your work, marriage, ministry, etc. Its a dead end. You have no place to go. You can turn back or just sit here and do nothing. For Christ followers, neither is an option. Jesus' last words were "Go". But many people feel stuck in a dead end in some area of their lives...what can they do?
Moses did three keeps: keep doing, keep looking, keep learning. First, unless you know it is wrong, keep doing what you know to do. Moses kept tending his father-in-law's sheep. That is what he had been doing. While doing so, he found a burning bush in the middle of his dead end. Keep doing.
Second, keep looking. Moses "saw" the burning bush. He literally kept his head up. His dead end had not permanently pushed his eyes to the ground in despair. To maintain a continual state of despair is somewhat atheistic...it says there is no God. Keep looking.
Last, keep learning. This difficult place is a learning place. There is something God wants you to know or get in this dead end that could not be acquired any other way. Ask what you are to learn in this dead end. Moses' ability to lead God's people out of slavery began in Midian. How could something begin in a dead end?
Keep doing, looking, and learning...that is how dead ends become living beginnings.
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