017. A Prayer Of Moses For The Scattering Of The Lord’s Enemies.

A Prayer Of Moses For The Scattering Of The Lord’s Enemies. The Prayer as recorded.—Numbers 10:35-36. The breathing of Moses’ desire at this time was prophetical, for the enemies of the Lord were then and ever have been hasting to their own destruction. After the Israelites had remained a year at Sinai, they again commenced their march towards Canaan; they took with them the ark of the covenant of the Lord, by which their communion with him was to be kept up; when the ark set forward this prayer was made by Moses, and followed by another when it rested. The prophet asks of the Lord success for his people abroad, and rest at home, that his powerful hand may scatter the enemies of his cause, and that all that hate him may flee before him. We are taught the useful lesson in these prayers, to commit our way unto the Lord, and everything in which the church, the Israel of God, is interested, claims the earnest and sincere petition of every Christian. Prayer should precede our going out and should follow our coming in; then will “Our way appear, steps unto heaven:—

All that thou sendest us in mercy given,” and ever, in the changing scenes of life, the cloudy pillar shall be our Guide; we shall be fed with food from heaven, and drink from the smitten rock— from that stream which alone can satisfy.

Earth’s cup is poisoned; Her renown most infamous; her gold, Seem as it may, is only dust; Her gain, eternal loss; her hope, a dream; Her love, her friendship, enmity with God.”