God is reminding us today that he is close to us. He is always thinking of us, listening to us, and guiding us, just as he was with Moses, just as he was and is in his Son, Jesus Christ.
This is a beautiful and comforting truth. But it also has a very practical consequence.
If we really believe that God is both all-powerful and all-loving, that he is Lord of the Universe and the loving Father who cares for us, it will inspire us to courageously obey his will for our lives.
God knows all things, and he wants only the best for us. So whenever he asks to do something or to avoid doing something, we can trust that he knows what he's talking about.
- We don't always understand why. Sometimes, for example, our conscience nudges us to do something that seems inconvenient, or to give up something that is pleasant.
- But the voice of conscience is the voice of God speaking in the inner chamber of our hearts.
- It is where he warns us about life's dead-end roads and inspires us with desires to do great things for the people we love, for the Church, for the world around us.
- God's voice also rings out in the teachings of the Church, which help us distinguish God's will from the often deceptive suggestions of our selfishness or of temptation.
Knowing that these warnings, inspirations, and teachings come from a God who is all-powerful and all-loving gives us the courage we need to obey. It shows us why, for Christians, obedience is a virtue.
In this Mass, let's renew our faith in this God who cares, this God who dwells in heaven and yet loves to walk by our sides [here you can make reference to the illustration you used, e.g. who takes our picture with the flash of lightening].
And let's promise him that whatever he is asking of us today or whatever he will ask of us tomorrow, we will obey it, knowing that he only asks because he cares.