Today’s Reading: Deuteronomy 7; Deuteronomy 8; Deuteronomy 9; Mark 15
Scripture: Deuteronomy 9:25-27
25 I lay prostrate before the LORD those forty days and forty nights because the LORD had said he would destroy you. 26 I prayed to the LORD and said, "O Sovereign LORD, do not destroy your people, your own inheritance that you redeemed by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people, their wickedness and their sin.
Observation: I just marvel at Moses. Here he is giving his farewell address to the nation. And he reminds them of their history of rebellion against God and against Moses himself. But what gets me about Moses is how he always intercedes for the people. He has the heart of a servant to stand between God and the people, even offering himself as a sacrifice to save them. He is the picture of a true selfless intercessor. In this passage, he interceded with fasting before the Lord for 40 days. Amazing.
Application: Moses is an inspiration to love people -- imperfect people (which is the only kind there are), and to love them at great personal cost. I can get complainy and fall into self pity when I don't feel as appreciated or supported as I would like. But Moses is a challenge to that kind of self-focused thinking. He really took his people's well being as his greatest priority.
Prayer: Lord, help me to be a better intercessor and a more consistently self-sacrificing servant. You have called me to a great privilege. I choose to, with Your empowerment, become a great leader and intercessor and servant to those You have called me and blessed me to serve.
This I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.
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