One day when Moses had led his flock to Mount Horeb an angel appeared in the midst of a burning bush, which was not destroyed. The record reads: "And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I" (Ex. 3:3,4). Then followed a conversation between God and Moses, wherein God assigned Moses the great task of leading the children of Israel out of Egypt.
Moses had spent his early life in Egypt as the adopted son of Pharaoh's daughter, receiving a princely education, which prepared him for leadership. However, Moses was aware of his real identity and "refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter" (Hebr. 11:24).
This story of Moses at the burning bush arrested the attention of the writer one morning. She clearly saw that we must only turn aside to listen to God. We must not turn aside to heed the beckonings of mortal mind and give it audience in either thought or conversation. She saw that the Christian Scientist has a special duty: that of listening for God's direction in all things.
