Any
faithful believer will testify to the fact that prayer works. In
unfaithfulness, God is faithful, but it is the prayers of the righteous that
are accepted by God and are a stalwart part of his plan for his people. Exodus
32 offers the narrative of God’s people creating a golden calf, an idol, and
worshiping it. God’s response was anger and seeming propensity to destroy his
people who had turned from him. Moses, however, pleaded with God (prayed)
causing God to relent. Did God, however, relent because of Moses’ plea, or was
it already a part of his plan? A deeper look into the text confirms God’s
sovereignty and plan to never abandon his people.
