Psalms 106:23

Psalms 106:23. Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

How often has our blessed Mediator, who is far greater than Moses, stood before the Lord in the breach! How often has the great Husbandman said, concerning the fruitless tree, "Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?" And then that Divine Dresser of the vineyard has pleaded, "Let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it." And here we are, still spared, and still blessed, through the intercession of God’s chosen Mediator.