I
Threw Myself Down
Before
The Lord For Forty Days And Forty Nights,
And
All That Time I Ate No Food And Drank No Water.
Scripture
Deuteronomy
9
7 “Remember
and never forget how angry you made the Lord your God out
in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until now, you have
been constantly rebelling against him. 8 Even
at Mount Sinai you made the Lord so angry he was ready
to destroy you. 9 This
happened when I was on the mountain receiving the tablets of stone
inscribed with the words of the covenant that the Lord had
made with you. I was there for forty days and forty nights, and all
that time I ate no food and drank no water.
18 “Then,
as before, I threw myself down before the Lord for forty
days and nights. I ate no bread and drank no water because of the
great sin you had committed by doing what the Lord hated,
provoking him to anger.
25 “That
is why I threw myself down before the Lord for forty days and
nights—for the Lord said he would destroy you. 26 I
prayed to the Lord and said, ‘O Sovereign Lord, do
not destroy them. They are your own people. They are your special
possession, whom you redeemed from Egypt by your mighty power and
your strong hand.
27 Please
overlook the stubbornness and the awful sin of these people, and
remember instead your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Observation
As
I read Deuteronomy 9 this morning and read about Moses and his prayer
life, how he prayed and interceded for the rebellious children of
Israel … I was convicted.
Moses
went 40 days and 40 nights without eating or drinking, crying out to
God begging God not to destroy them. And these were not people living
godly lives, no, these were very, very rebellious people.
These
were impossible people!
You
and I have people that we really want to see come to a personal
relationship with Jesus Christ. They are on our impossible list.
Do
we care enough to pray for them intensely as Moses did?
Although
I wouldn't suggest that you and I do a 40 day - 40 night fast going
without food or water as Moses did, I do think that this is God's
word to us, encouraging us, telling us to ramp up our prayers, never
giving up praying for those on our impossible list!
Application
I
will pray for those on my impossible list with confidence and
boldness, knowing that it is God's desire if for all of them to be
saved.
2
Peter 3:9
9 The
Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people
think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone
to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, help me to pray more intensely for those who need to be
saved. Impress on my heart the urgency of their condition and don't
let me give up praying for them. I want to see them walking with You.
I want to see a transformation happen in their lives and I know that
can only happen with a spiritual rebirth. Open their hearts and their
spiritual eyes, soften their hearts so that they can trust in Jesus
as their Lord and Savior.
Daily
Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 7,8,9; Mark 15
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