Longing for Divine Revival: Moses' Intercessory Prayer
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Moses now felt the necessity for prayer, for intercessory prayer, so he pitches this Tabernacle, this tent of meeting, outside the camp, and there he goes to pray to God. And other people, feeling the burden, would go out and join him in this prayer to God that he would return and have mercy upon them and be with them as he had been in times past. [00:03:13]
Moses was not satisfied. He desired more, so he goes back again into the Tabernacle, and he continues in his praying. All that has been given, he says, is not enough. He longs for more, and he begins pleading for more, for something extra. Now then, it is just there, I say, that we rarely come to the vital point in this whole matter of Revival. [00:06:15]
Revival is something extra. It is something additional. It is something which is quite unusual. Now, I'm emphasizing this because it seems very clear to me that there are large numbers of good Christian people today who have never grasped that point at all, that Revival, by definition, is something quite out of the ordinary, special, unusual, exceptional. [00:06:48]
Moses is not content with a mere knowledge of the fact that he is accepted by God and that he is in God's favor. He knows that, but he's not content with it. He wants more. That I may know thee, says Moses. Oh, he knew about God. He'd had manifestations of God's loving interest in him and God's kindness to him. [00:13:22]
He wants a personal knowledge of God. He wants a direct knowledge of God. He wants to know beyond a doubt and a peradventure that God really loves him. Well, he knows it, of course, but he wants a manifestation of it. He wants an absolute certainty with respect to it. Now then, here is something, I say, that you will find in the lives of all the great saints of God. [00:14:03]
The first thing that happens to them is that they themselves feel this desire for a deeper knowledge of God. Of course, they're good men. They're Orthodox men. They believe in God. They know they're saved. They've got Assurance of Salvation. They may have had it for years, but now they begin to feel a hunger and a thirst for something bigger and something deeper. [00:14:36]
He prays for a sense of personal assurance. That's the message of verse 13. Now, therefore, he says, I pray thee, if I have found Grace in thy sight. He knows that he has. He's using it as an argument. You can read it like this if you like: because I have found Grace in thy sight, show me now thy way that I may know thee. [00:12:26]
Moses said unto God, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. Here's a tremendous thing again, the prayer for power. This is absolutely invariable in the history of the church prior to Revival. This is the thing of which the intercessors always become most conscious: the need for power. [00:23:46]
Moses, we are told, was the meekest of men. He was, and that was his glory. He realized his weakness, his own inability. I won't go another step, said Moses to God, unless you promise to be with me. Who am I to meet this situation, even with the wisdom that thou has given me? It's not enough. [00:29:06]
He prayed also for a special authentication of the church and her Mission. God's presence is personal assurance, the power, yes, and the special authentication of the church and her Mission. That's the message of verse 16. He listened to Moses arguing wherein he says, for wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found Grace in thy sight? [00:31:47]
The prayer for Revival is the prayer that the church may again become like that, and my argument is that nothing but some unusual outpouring of the spirit of God can do that. What is needed is something that cannot be explained in human terms. What is needed is something that is so striking and so signal that it will arrest the tension of the whole world. [00:33:20]
What is needed is some Supernatural manifestation which will make it perfectly plain and clear that it's not of men, but that it is of God. The demonstration of the spirit and of power, says the Apostle Paul. Do you know what's needed? I'll tell you what is needed is what happened on the day of Pentecost. [00:36:48]
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Moses was not satisfied. He desired more, so he goes back again into the Tabernacle, and he continues in his praying. All that has been given, he says, is not enough. He longs for more, and he begins pleading for more, for something extra. Now then, it is just there, I say, that we rarely come to the vital point in this whole matter of Revival. [00:06:15]
Revival is something extra. It is something additional. It is something which is quite unusual. Now, I'm emphasizing this because it seems very clear to me that there are large numbers of good Christian people today who have never grasped that point at all, that Revival, by definition, is something quite out of the ordinary, special, unusual, exceptional. [00:06:48]
Moses is not content with a mere knowledge of the fact that he is accepted by God and that he is in God's favor. He knows that, but he's not content with it. He wants more. That I may know thee, says Moses. Oh, he knew about God. He'd had manifestations of God's loving interest in him and God's kindness to him. [00:13:22]
He wants a personal knowledge of God. He wants a direct knowledge of God. He wants to know beyond a doubt and a peradventure that God really loves him. Well, he knows it, of course, but he wants a manifestation of it. He wants an absolute certainty with respect to it. Now then, here is something, I say, that you will find in the lives of all the great saints of God. [00:14:03]
The first thing that happens to them is that they themselves feel this desire for a deeper knowledge of God. Of course, they're good men. They're Orthodox men. They believe in God. They know they're saved. They've got Assurance of Salvation. They may have had it for years, but now they begin to feel a hunger and a thirst for something bigger and something deeper. [00:14:36]
He prays for a sense of personal assurance. That's the message of verse 13. Now, therefore, he says, I pray thee, if I have found Grace in thy sight. He knows that he has. He's using it as an argument. You can read it like this if you like: because I have found Grace in thy sight, show me now thy way that I may know thee. [00:12:26]
Moses said unto God, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. Here's a tremendous thing again, the prayer for power. This is absolutely invariable in the history of the church prior to Revival. This is the thing of which the intercessors always become most conscious: the need for power. [00:23:46]
Moses, we are told, was the meekest of men. He was, and that was his glory. He realized his weakness, his own inability. I won't go another step, said Moses to God, unless you promise to be with me. Who am I to meet this situation, even with the wisdom that thou has given me? It's not enough. [00:29:06]
He prayed also for a special authentication of the church and her Mission. God's presence is personal assurance, the power, yes, and the special authentication of the church and her Mission. That's the message of verse 16. He listened to Moses arguing wherein he says, for wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found Grace in thy sight? [00:31:47]
The prayer for Revival is the prayer that the church may again become like that, and my argument is that nothing but some unusual outpouring of the spirit of God can do that. What is needed is something that cannot be explained in human terms. What is needed is something that is so striking and so signal that it will arrest the tension of the whole world. [00:33:20]
What is needed is some Supernatural manifestation which will make it perfectly plain and clear that it's not of men, but that it is of God. The demonstration of the spirit and of power, says the Apostle Paul. Do you know what's needed? I'll tell you what is needed is what happened on the day of Pentecost. [00:36:48]
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