Standing in the Gap – Becoming a Moses

Are you standing in the gap or are you too busy complaining about the sinful people of your world? We are living in a country full of sin. Every night murders, drug deals, robberies, and various other acts of crime are happening across our cities. Some of the things people are doing are too horrible to even think about.  So we get on Facebook and complain and we talk about these horrible people. We blame the president and the illegal immigrants.

There is a better option. We should become like Moses. Remember what the people were doing while he was talking with God? They were making a golden idol to worship in place of God. Hear from God’s Word.

Psalm 106:19-23
They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a metal image. They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass. They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt, wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

Moses could have turned his back on them but he did not. He stood in the breach. Then he interceded for them through prayer.

Later we find some of the prophets doing the same thing. Yes, they warned the people of their sin and preached against it. But then they stood in the gap and prayed. The power of prayer is the most powerful force on earth because it is the means by which God moves and displays His power.

Scripture is replete with teaching on prayer and clearly declares its power and effectiveness. The call for us as Christians is to pray for our country, our people, and our world. We are called to be priests and one of the most important tasks of a priest is to intercede in prayer for the sins of the people.

So what are you going to do while the world continues to spiral into sin and debauchery? Be angry and filled with hate? Or stand in the gap like Moses praying for the people? Which one do you think God wants from us? Which one can change the world?