Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
February 24, 2022: SOAP #4466:  Numbers 14-16; Mark 3

SCRIPTURE:  Numbers (NIV) 14:20 The LORD replied, “I have forgiven them, as you asked.

OBSERVATION: The Israelites had refused to go into the Promised Land.  After all that God had done for them, they now refused to enter the Promised Land. 

God was extremely angry with them and (Num 14:11) the LORD said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the miraculous signs I have performed among them? 12 I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they.”

Then Moses prayed an amazingly effective prayer!  He prayed a prayer that changed the mind of God!  The Lord said, “I have forgiven them, as you asked!”

What did Moses say to God?  In Numbers 14:13-19 Moses reminded God of God’s plan for the Israelites: to be a testimony to the world.  And Moses quoted back to God what God had said when Moses asked to see God’s glory in Exodus 34:6-7. 

Moses had a personal experience with God!  What God had said was important to Moses.  It was important enough to remember.  It was important enough to quote back to God. 

APPLICATION:  What God says to Leon is important!  It is important enough for Leon to remember!  It is important enough to quote back to God.  God’s Word and what God has said to Leon should be a part of my prayers. 

God honors His Word!  It blesses God when I make decisions based of His Word.  It blesses God when He hears His Word in my prayers. 

PRAYER:  Heavenly Father, by your Holy Spirit, you personalize your Word to me.  Holy Spirit, continually bring to my memory what God has spoken to me, especially when I am praying.  I want to hold tight to what God has said to me.  Amen.

Pastor Leon
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