Ready To Sweat?

"Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand." Deuteronomy 9:24-26

In the 9th Chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses recounts the events surrounding God's giving of the Ten Commandments and the people's fall into idolatry. As a result we see an illustration of what made Moses great and why God chose him to lead. Chapter 32 of the Book of Exodus tells us about God's great anger with the people and how Moses interceded on their behalf to save them. Moses' primary concerns were doing the will of God and getting the people of God to the promise land. So great was Moses' concern that he laid down before God and prayed 40 days and 40 nights on their behalf. How many of us have that type of dedication? Yet we want God to move and do great signs and wonders on our behalf. So I ask you today, are you ready to sweat? Are you ready to lay down before the Lord and pray for the lost? Understand, these were not innocents who just made a mistake, they (according to Moses) had been rebellious from the day he first met them. Nonetheless he labored and sweat on their behalf. Understand, God didn't say He was planning to kill Moses, just the people. God told Moses He would give him a new people to lead, but Moses said no. Would we have said no? Or would we have said, whatever your will is God, they are rebellious. Jesus, as always, said it best. "Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest." Matthew 9:37-38