What ensues is a dialogue with God. Moses’ first reaction is “Who am I?” Stripped of his former security in who he thought he was, he now is aware of his limitations, his sense of inadequacy. But his former identity doesn’t just totally disappear; for now it will become God’s agent in responding to the plight of his people. God assures him, “I will be with you.” To us as to Moses, this is the invitation to center our attention on a new identity—on God consciousness, on a God who is full of compassion. After the divine awakening comes the descent into the daily: the call for us to incarnate
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