When Does God Speak to Moses?

Moses took a micro detour in the grand scheme of things, but that's precisely when god finally spoke to moses after orchestrating his life for 80 years. God is teaching us that if we would stop and take the detour, we would know him, that he's right there in the peripheral of our vision. We think we can just keep going on our current path; maybe we hit a spiritual drive through every now and then. And then i'll get up so long as I don't have an early appointment,  and so long as i don't have anything important in my box en route to church. That's why we're like pastor: "So distant from