Have you ever been so happy, or so depressed that you
could not find words to express your feelings? 
Moses had this feeling when dealing with the children of Israel and
their failings.  While Moses was on the
mountain, receiving the Ten Commandments, the children of Israel we down below
basically breaking all the commandments God was giving.  God quickly told Moses to return to the
people.  As he came down the mountain, he
recognized that the children of Israel had constructed a golden calf, and were
in the process of defiling themselves in worship to it.

Moses threw the two tablets of stone to the ground
that God had just written the Ten Commandments. 
Moses then issued judgment on the people, and watched as God carried out
the judgment.  As the time of judgment
ended, Moses showed his godly character, by asking God to forgive and restore
the people that were left.  The Bible
account is as follows: “And Moses
returned unto the LORD, and said, ‘Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and
have made them gods of gold.  Yet now, if
Thou wilt forgive their sin –; and it not, blot me, I pray Thee out of Thy book
which Thou hast written’” (Exodus 32:31-32).

Did you catch that “–” in verse 32?  Moses was so disgusted with the sin of his
people, but at the same time so burdened that God not wipe them off the face of
the earth, that words failed him.  He had
such a conflict in his own soul that he could not speak a word.  However, what he did is a perfect picture of
what we ought to do when we find ourselves at a loss for words.  Moses asked God for mercy.  He not only asked God for mercy, but he
begged God to lay their sin on his account if He could not forgive them on
their own.  He had such a compassion for
his people that he could not bear the thought of their sin being laid to their
charge and separating them from a relationship with God.

I wonder if my heart is equally burdened for those I
will pass today who are without Christ. 
Do I have that sacrificial love that Moses had for Israel?  Do I pray and words fail me in describing my
burden for the people around me?  Do I
yearn so for the salvation of the lost in my path that I cannot express the
depth of my burden?  Have I ever been at
a loss for words when asking God to save your family members? your friends?
your co-workers? your neighbor?  I want
the heart that Moses had for Israel to be my heart for those mentioned
above.  I believe that God and Moses had
the same heart of mercy for Israel.  I
want my heart to match God’s heart for those around me today as well.  Will you join me in praying for the lost
until you run out of words?