I'm still reading through the prayers in the Bible. Maybe it's just me, but I'm fascinated by how God's people negotiated with Him. Consider this prayer by Moses. God had just saved the Israelites out of Egypt, and here they are—already making a golden calf to worship. He tells Moses, That's it. Stand back. I'm going to wipe out these people and start again with you, Moses.
Many people know the story of Moses "standing in the gap," but have you ever really looked at this prayer?
Exodus 32:11–14
And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
Despite the fact that God was going to destroy Israel, Moses didn’t believe the future was fixed. Instead, he thought God might be reasoned with—and he was right.
Do you pray like Moses?
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