DAILY FIRE: MOVED BY FEELINGS OF CONCERN

MOVED BY FEELINGS OF CONCERN TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: ““I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep...I lay down My Life for the sheep...Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again" (John 10:14-15, 17-18). DAILY FIRE! Father take me out of my "comfort zone" and put me in a place where Your heart of compassion beats in my own, giving me greater concern for the lost. The story in Exodus 32 is a strange episode, but shows us the heart of a true intercessor. Israel had escaped from Egypt after a fantastic display of omnipotence that made God seem physically near. Above them towered Mount Sinai, with the cloud of God’s glory concealing Moses, who had ascended to speak with God.  The people thought that he had deserted them. Their simple minds were soaked in the superstitions of Egypt and its gods, so they made a golden calf to lead them back to Egypt.  The Lord said that He would put an end to them because of this appalling lapse, and begin a new nation through Moses. Moses’ pity overcame his anger, and he pleaded for the nation that God called “a stiff-necked people” (Exodus 32:9).  Moses countered by calling them “Your people” (verse 11), adding, “Oh, these people have committed a great sin…. Yet now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book” (verses 31–32). Here, words failed him, such was the force of his compassionate outburst. He offered to die as an atonement for Israel’s sin.  His offer was turned down because only the Son of God could atone for sin. This was true intercession. Taken from Daily Fire Devotional: 365 Days in God’s Word by Reinhard Bonnke. Copyright © 2016 by Reinhard Bonnke. Use by permission of Whitaker House. www.whitakerhouse.com

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