IF YOU DO....Then You'd Pray FOR

Numbers 14:¹⁷And now, I pray You, let the power of my Lord be great, as You have promised, saying, ¹⁸The Lord is long-suffering and slow to anger, and abundant in mercy and loving-kindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth generation. ¹⁹Pardon, I pray You, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your mercy and loving-kindness, just as You have forgiven [them] from Egypt until now. ²⁰And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to your word. ²¹But truly as I live and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord,

 

So the song says...and the :"WHOLE EARTH IS FILLED WITH HIS GLOR_ORYYYY".  But what does that look like?  The picture above is of the sun piercing through some clouds and if you look ...you see the outline of a being....  Moses had see the glory of the Lord through his backside only.  but I am certain he not only had a healthy perspective of GOD, but also......had an even greater understanding of needing GOD's forgiveness for  daily living.  The question is DO YOU?  GOD's GLORY, His presence filling the whole Earth will afford some the opportunity of ETERNITY with Him, while others an alternate eternity without Him.....but as I blogged yesterday WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BUILDING EACH OTHER UP, by praying for___________________ ( you fill in the blank).   Do you spend more time praying for the exit of a difficult co-worker, neighbor in your neighborhood, or the president than you do PRAYING for their success?  I wonder does your prayers call for the GLORY of THE LORD to be present in those people's lives?  Do your prayers even mirror those of CHRIST?  Moses's prayers called for GOD's faithfulness to His Word and His People, and GOD heard, answered and pardoned........

 

MY CHALLENGE and QUESTION TO YOU IS.....DOES YOUR PRAYERS GLORIFY & HONOR GOD...while BUILDING UP those whom you are praying for?  OR do your prayers TRY TO HONOR GOD, while exacting YOUR WILL & YOUR DESIRES that may tear people down?  ONE FILLS THE EARTH with HIS GLORY, and the other attempts to strip it.