Moses, like Abraham, was a great intercessor. He was the one whom the Lord spoke to face to face just as a man speaks to his friend.
Now when Moses was upon Mount Sinai receiving Gods laws, the people down below concluded that he had died since he had been gone so long. For this reason, they persuaded Aaron to make a golden calf; and they worshiped it, and sacrificed to it; and they corrupted themselves with alcohol and immoral activity. Here is the Scripture reference in Exodus 32:7-14:
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. 8 They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, ‘This is your god…
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“And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord increased all that Job had twofold” (Job 42:10). Spurgeon comments, “Intercessory prayer was the sign of Job’s returning greatness…When Job’s soul begun to expand itself in holy and loving prayer for his erring brethren, the heart of God showed itself to him by returning his prosperity and cheering his soul within.” What a marvelous example this is of how God rewards those who please Him by extending themselves in faith to pray for others (Heb. 11:6). If anyone had a good excuse not to intercede for others, it was Job. But in the end, God got a hold of his heart. He melted down his pride so that he repented in dust and ashes (Job 42:6). When we do the same—when we look away from ourselves, from our burdens and sorrows—then God will…
If you want to be a faithful priest to God in this area of intercession, you must first acknowledge your total inadequacy. Hence, you must be totally dependent on Christ and the Holy Spirit to do this great work of God.
It is certainly clear from scripture that we have a great job ahead of us—to pray for all men. But why must we do it? And if we must do it, how do we get motivated to do it?
The story of Esther gives us a clear picture of how intercession works. In the story, Queen Vashti was divorced from King Ahasuerus because she refused to dance before the king and his guests at a banquet. Later, after the king’s anger had subsided, a search was made for a new Queen. Esther was chosen, and the king loved her.
Stephen Nielsen 