“The Lord said to Moses, “Go down; for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves; they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshipped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”’ And the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people; now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may bum hot against them and I may consume them; but of you I will make a great nation.” But Moses begged the Lord his God, and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?”
Excerpt, First Reading, Thursday 3rd April 2025 – EXODUS 32:7-14.
So, do we by any chance feel that God wanted the consent or approval of Moses before bringing down his wrath on the Israelites in today’s teaching who were worshipping a molten calf as their god?
In His fierce anger, He would have quickly sent down blazing coals to consume the whole population. After which, He would inform Moses on the next line of action.
Nevertheless, God is kind, loving, generous, merciful and forgiving. Our God is a God of endless second chance. He is the God that gives another chance.
God, therefore, by virtue of the intervention of Moses, gave the Israelites a second chance.
Just like Moses stood in the gap for the Israelites, so, also those of us who are fortunate to still have our parents alive, enjoy the privilege of having them constantly intercede for us.
Notwithstanding that God gives endless opportunities for us to make amends, if and when we decide to take that convivial nature of God for granted and we persist in our sinful ways, there is an extent to how much intervention our Moses can have on our behalf.
So, one day na one day, monkey go go market, him no go come back.
A word should be enough for the wise.
Have a fantastic day folks.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
-Akase F. Agabo
3rd April 2025.