Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 8th March 2026
Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 8th March 2026 March 8 Numbers 14:18-19 18'The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.' 19In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now." The LORD was ready to exterminate these whining people when Moses interceded for them. Because God knows the future, I think He was not as desirous to destroy them as much as He was to bring out the heart of intercession in Moses. Moses interceded with God according to the character of God that had been revealed to him. He's saying, "Wait a minute. You told me You were abounding in love and forgiveness. You are just, but then there is that wonderful side of You that is so great in love. Exercise that love now, and forgive these people....