Throughout the forty days and forty nights that I lay prostrate before
the Lord… (9:25)
Moses reluctantly answered God’s call to lead the people of Israel
through the wilderness. It was a “Who, me?’’ moment. The journey
was fraught with struggle and rebellion.
Yet in the wilderness, Moses’ reluctant heart was transformed. His
heart became a heart for God and God’s people. Here, Moses falls
to the ground, pouring out his heart as he intercedes on their behalf.
In intercessory prayer, we offer the needs of others to the care and
reconciling will of God. A striking intercessory prayer is found in
Jesus’ words from the cross as he prays that we be forgiven.
During these forty days and nights, intercessory prayer is especially
appropriate. As we pour out our hearts, we connect with a world
struck by natural disaster, ecological destruction, famine and war. It
is a “Who, me?” moment. What action am I being called to take in
order to join the struggle of freedom from human bondage?
—Karen Montagno
When I feared "wilderness" it was always somewhere where I wasn't and didn't in any way shape or form want to be. When I dared to go to wilderness places, I found my home again, the one I left when I was born and gradually got "worldified".
ReplyDeleteOthers have been forced into the wilderness of poverty, pain, dislocation, loss of home family job. Bombs reign down, radioactivity mounts, even to walk on the road in some places risks being blown up.
Up to us to go to the wilderness with them until we all come "home" again, by God's grace.