We often think of Moses as a great leader and deliverer. From the viewpoint of the Israelites, that’s who He was.
However from the viewpoint of God, Moses was a character with a much more important part in God’s plan, not a leader, not a deliverer, but a pray-er.
In Exodus 32, the Israelites created a gold idol to worship which caused God to bring about a disaster in order to punish their disobedience. However the Bible records Moses pleading with God and resulting in God not going ahead with the disastrous plan.
“And the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, in order that I may make a great nation of you.” But Moses implored the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger and relent from this disaster against your people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.'” And the Lord relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.” Exodus 32:9-14 ESV
This isn’t the only instance where Moses talks with God and hears God telling Moses what is going to happen but this is the one instance where God seems to withhold His action because of Moses’ request.
Have we ever thought of Moses as a praying man? As an intercessor? The Bible records numerous occasions where Moses talks with God, to the point that it’s difficult to distinguish whether he was praying or simply having a conversation with God.
In God’s eyes, Moses must have been someone so close to His heart, so much so that God would answer for whatever Moses prayed for. And I think this can only come about as someone who walks and talks with God.
If Moses had the faith, courage and credentials to plead on behalf of a nation to be spared, is there someone in our current time, who is like Moses, able to plead on behalf of our country and the world is going through turmoil over the Covid-19 pandemic?
Over the last many weeks, I’ve heard of people who have had faith that the virus will not hurt them, or their family, or their church, but is it enough faith to proclaim safety and healing for all?
I think there is someone able to plead grace and mercy over our situation. Someone who walks and talks with God and has even greater credentials that Moses. Just as Moses pleaded to spare the lives of a stiff-necked nation, there is a person who pleads to spare the lives of a world that is stubborn and sinful.
This person is the one whom we have to turn to in order to remedy the mess we are in; to give strength to those in the frontlines; to give hope to those neglected; to give wisdom to those finding a vaccine, to grant favour for those seeking help, and safety for those seeking refuge. There is this one person who stands in the gap for us, and his name is Jesus Christ.
“Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.” Hebrews 7:25 ESV
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