Prayerfully Re-Center around God
Exodus 33:12-13
Moses said to the LORD, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’ If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”
Pondering Point
This prayer of Moses comes at a time when God has been voicing his displeasure with a pattern of stubborn disobedience among His people. Moses uses favor he has with God (vs. 12) to appeal for help in leading these stubborn people. We know that all Christians have favor with God thanks to Jesus, and we also can use that favor to appeal to God for such (stubborn) sinners. This is in keeping with yesterday’s teaching on prayer and is therefore a God-pleasing work. Let’s Re-center our lives around God again in light of the pleading of Moses for others.
Review
Do I believe that I have God’s favor thanks to Jesus? Do I believe that God is pleased when I come to Him in prayer and petition? Do I believe God will bless others specifically because I come to Him in prayer about them?
Repent if Necessary
You may need to repent of discounting your prayer potential, underestimating your favorable influence with God, or of failing to intercede for others in their time of trouble (self-inflicted or otherwise).
Return (as necessary)
Acknowledge that YOU are an intercessor. Through your faith in Jesus, you can approach God knowing that He is pleased with your presence and desires your prayerful input. Thank Him for such favor and ask for a deepening awareness of your powerful praying role. Then present your requests to God our Savior.