Deut. 10:10 - "'I, moreover, stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights like the 1st time, and the Lord listened to me that time also; the Lord was not willing to destroy you.'"
It just amazes me all that Moses went through to save his people. Not only was he praying and fasting 40 days and 40 nights on the mountain with God, but after he came down and saw the rebelliousness of his people, for whom had built an idol to be their god, which then provoked Moses to break the commandment tablets of stone, he went back up the mountain to contend for them before God for another 40 days and nights. Moses' action prompted God to change His mind and wasn't willing to destroy them. I'm really challenged by this. How far am I willing to go to contend for the people God sent me to, so that they can have a lavish relationship with God? God was not "willing" to destroy the Israelites, even though they totally deserved it. I don't believe God is willing to destroy this nation either, even though Godless corruption is rampant. He is not willing to destroy the western states either, for that matter, even though Godless immorality is rampant where babies are killed and people just plain make themselves gods rather than turn to the One and only God. God is merciful, but sometimes I think we need to contend on our knees for that mercy on behalf of others so that God's will will be bent and His mind changed to compassion. The promise is here is that God allows us to change His mind on behalf of others.
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