3 God reveals himself
Read Exodus 3:1-15
God is the Maker of the universe, not part of it. We can’t see him or touch him. We can’t reach him by travelling (not even into space!), and we can’t discover him through scientific investigation. So it’s very easy to get the wrong ideas about God.
But he hasn’t left us in the dark. He reaches out to us, because he wants us to know him (Acts 17:17). He has revealed himself to the human race in various ways - sometimes through dreams and visions, but mainly through his words, through his deeds, and through the history of his chosen people (the Jews).
The God who meets Moses is a holy God (verse 5). He is so different from us, so pure, so perfect, that mere human beings have no right to approach him - and those who do meet him are usually terrified by the experience (Isaiah 6:1-5).
But the God who meets Moses is also a “hands-on” God. He sees what is happening in our world (verses 7,9), he hears our prayers (verses 7,9) - and he acts (verse 8). If at all possible, he prefers to work with and through human beings - which is why he wants Moses to be his representative on the rescue mission he has planned (verse 10).
Thanks to the Internet, long-distance relationships are not uncommon these days. But however well you think you know someone, nothing beats a face-to-face meeting. And so God hasn’t just revealed himself through visions and prophets. In Jesus Christ, he has actually come to visit us. “Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son.” (Hebrews 1:1,2)