「摩西牧養他岳父米甸祭司葉忒羅的羊群；一日領羊群往曠野的背面去，來到神的山，就是何烈山。
耶和華的使者從荊棘中火焰裡向摩西顯現。」－出埃及記3:1-2
祂在尋找一個行在凡俗道路上的人，然後使神聖的火光自他腳前濺出。
這道神秘的樓梯，可以引人從生活市集進入天國大門，它可以聯結晝夜辛勞到達恩典的國度。
有些基督徒，以為他們需要常常爬到狂喜之丘和啟示之巔，他們不曉得這並非神的法則。
那些魂游象外奇妙的經歷，與肉眼不能看見之世界特殊的相交，並不在神應許的範圍內；神乃是應許我們，能在日復一日的平凡中與祂交通，因為這也已經夠了。
若神允許，我們也能領受奇特的啟示。
只有三位門徒，被允許和主上到山頭見到祂的變化形象，但他們也很快地與主下到客西馬尼的幽暗。
沒有人能留在享受特權的山上，畢竟谷中還有許多責任未了。
綜觀基督的一生，也並非久留於榮耀中，祂的生活常行走於山谷中；因為唯有在低谷，祂才能真正完全成為世人的彌賽亞。
一切異象和榮耀的價值，都是為了讓我們得以持續地作工並忍耐。
－選
"Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside, of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush" (Exod. 3:1,2).The vision came in the midst of common toil, and that is where the Lord delights to give His revelations. He seeks a man who is on the ordinary road, and the Divine fire leaps out at his feet. The mystic ladder can rise from the market place to Heaven. It can connect the realm of drudgery with the realms of grace.
My Father God, help me to expect Thee on the ordinary road. I do not ask for sensational happenings. Commune with me through ordinary work and duty. Be my Companion when I take the common journey. Let the humble life be transfigured by Thy presence.
Some Christians think they must be always up to mounts of extraordinary joy and revelation; this is not after God's method. Those spiritual visits to high places, and that wonderful intercourse with the unseen world, are not in the promises; the daily life of communion is. And it is enough. We shall have the exceptional revelation if it be right for us.
There were but three disciples allowed to see the transfiguration, and those three entered the gloom of Gethsemane. No one can stay on the mount of privilege. There are duties in the valley. Christ found His life-work, not in the glory, but in the valley and was there truly and fully the Messiah. The value of the vision and glory is but their gift of fitness for work and endurance.
--Selected
