When Moses Prayed, God Listened

II. Moses Was Humble – Numbers 12:3

I believe that one reason why Moses had such a successful prayer life was because Moses was a humble man. He was not just a humble man, but the Bible tells us that he was the most humble man that ever lived.

I believe that humility is one of the most valued traits that a person can have, and I believe that the Bible teaches plainly the importance of humility in prayers.

God says in His Word that he opposes the proud and gives grace to the humble. He says that he will lift up the humble; he says that those who humble themselves will be exalted. God values the humble and hears the prayers of the humble. I believe that is one of the reasons that God heard so clearly the prayers of Moses and I believe that is why God answered Moses’ prayers.

II Chronicles 7:14

Did you notice how closely humility and prayer are linked?

We live in world which I puffed up with pride. I think that the sin that is most prevalent I America is not homosexuality, it is not drunkenness, it is the worship of self.

It does not take a long look at people today to see how pride filled and selfish that people are. Paul tells us in Philippians not to consider ourselves more highly than you ought, but consider others better than yourself. As I quote that passage here in this setting among this culture I wonder how a phrase like that would be reacted to by people today.

We live in a world which teaches us that it is every man for himself. We live in a world that teaches us more is better and that those that have more are smarter and better. Pride dominates our world and our culture, and God looks down at disgust at the pride of people. I believe that pride is the root of most sin. Think about it, Adam and Eve when tempted in the Garden of Eden were tempted by the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life. John in I John tells us that the reason we choose to sin is because of those same things.

I think that there is a way for God to hear us like He heard Moses. I believe that answer is for us to humble ourselves and then pray, not in the reverse order.

We all want God to answer our prayers, and we often question even His existence when he does not answer us, maybe we need to realize that the problem is not with God, but the problem is with the one praying. If we want God to hear our prayers we must humble ourselves before Him and as he promises is Psalms he will hear the cry of the humble.

A lot of times people come before the Lord and come very pride filled expecting that they can demand things from God. The only times we cane expect something from the Lord is when we come to Him humbly in the name of Jesus.

This next comment is free. Did you ever notice that when Moses was serious about wanting something from the Lord how he prayed. It is easy to stand here and come before the Lord and say we want or need something, but when we are serious about what we want we come and bow down on our knees, prostrate before the Lord. Even remember the sincerity and the intensity of the prayers of Jesus in Gethsemane.