For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust. Ps. 103:14
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground. Acts 7:33
So…how does ground get to be holy? Do all the molecules behave themselves, or does the earth follow some sort of program to achieve supreme righteousness? Did the holy dirt look down on the surrounding unholy dirt, and scoff, “If you had only been more like me, you could be holy, too?” What made that dirt special? What could’ve transformed the ground beneath Moses’ feet ‘ into holy ground?
I think the dirt beneath Moses’ feet was just that—dirt. Made up of the same elements that make up any soil--the same molecules that make up you and me. So the reason it could be deemed ‘holy’ wasn’t due to some action or activity on the part of the dirt, because no matter how hard it works, or strives, it is still unholy ground. The transforming factor then, has to be the ‘Who’. The difference between the holy ground, and the surrounding unholy ground was the presence of the one who is Holy. The Holy One was there. The Holy One had shown up. And where the Lord is, is Holy. Where the Lord is, holiness permeates to the uttermost. Great news for this dusty girl.
