Numbers 16  – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO

And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, ²¹ “Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.” ²² And they fell on their faces and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?” Numbers 16:20-22 – Multiple times within even this single chapter we see the phrase “they fell on their faces.” Each time it is connected with some form of disobedience from Israel. They may be rejecting Moses as their leader or they may be blaming him for not letting them into the Promised Land, but we see this people oppose Moses multiple times. God, who sees all, sees this and speaks words like we see in our passage above, words of destruction of these rebellious people. Yet in that space what do we see Moses and Aaron repeated do? They fell on their faces. Not out of fear of the people, but in prayer for the people. The very people who were angry at them, who rejected their leadership, and who blamed them for all their misfortunes, these were the people they fell on their faces in prayer over to save. Most of us if we were in Moses’ position would have handled this very differently. We’d likely allow God to smite our opposers and been glad to see it happen! And that’s why Moses was chosen for the role he had and not us! Instead of gladly watching those who opposed him condemned, Moses pleaded to the Lord for His forgiveness and longsuffering to be displayed. This is loving our enemy as Jesus directed us to do. Do not celebrate their demise, but pray for God’s patience and longsuffering over their life so they might have the chance to place their faith in Him and turn from their wicked ways. This sort of heart for our enemy may be foreign to us, but it’s the heart faithful men before us had and it pleased the Lord. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3366

Question To Ponder: Why might someone oppose this idea of praying for God’s longsuffering over their enemies?

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