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Text: Exodus 32: 13-14

MEDITATION

Exodus 32:13-14

13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’”
14 So the LORD relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people.

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. Moses continued to pray to the Lord humbly

a. Prayer should be something we must continue to do.

b. Moses continued to plead.

2. He now added this plea

a. That God would remember the patriarchs of old.

i. Abraham

ii. Isaac

iii. Jacob

iv. Moses called them the Lord’s “servants.

b. That God would also remember His promise made to them.

i. That He would multiply their descendants.

ii. That He would give them the Promised Land of Canaan.

c. The word “remember” has the following nuances:

i. It does not mean that God has forgotten, and he needs to be reminded. (That is what human beings need from time to time.)

ii. It is an appeal to God’s mercy.

iii. It is an appeal to God’s grace to be given so that His promises would be fulfilled.

iv. It is an appeal to God to remember His servants and pass their reward to their descendants.

v. Intercession always involves continued prayers.

3. God graciously answered the prayer of Moses

a. He relented from the harm that He has threatened.

b. He would not consume Israel after all.

Our hearts must be encouraged to know that the Lord would hear humble intercessory prayers!

经文：出埃及记 32：13-14

沉思

《出埃及记 32：13-14》
13求你纪念你的仆人亚伯拉罕、以撒、以色列，你曾指着自己起誓说：‘我必使你们的后裔像天上的星那样多，并且我所应许的这全地，必给你们的后裔，他们要永远承受为业。’”

14于是耶和华后悔，不把所说的祸降于他的百姓。

在生活里有意义地应用

1．摩西继续谦卑地向上帝祷告

a．祷告是我们必须不断要做的事

b．摩西继续恳求

2．他现在添加了这个请求

a．请上帝纪念旧时的祖先

i．亚伯拉罕

ii．以撒

iii．雅各

iv．摩西称呼他们为上帝的“仆人”

b．请上帝也记得衪对他们的承诺

i．祂会让他的后裔极其繁多

ii．祂会把应许的迦南地赐给他们

c．“纪念”之词有以下的含义：

i．这不表示上帝已经忘了，需要被提醒(这是人类不时都需要的)

ii．这是祈求上帝的怜悯

iii．这是祈求上帝赐予恩典，使祂的应许应验

iv．这是祈求上帝纪念祂的仆人和转移他们的奖赏给他们的后裔

v．代求总是需要不断地祈祷

3．上帝仁慈地应允了摩西的祷告

a．祂后悔并不把所说要施行的灾祸降于祂的百姓

b．祂毕竟不会消灭以色列

我们必须感到欣慰，因为知道主会聆听谦卑的代求!