"God said to Moses, 'Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.' [Deuteronomy 9:14] What did Moses do? Did he stand aside and let God do as He said? No, his mind runs back to the Egyptians, and he thinks how they will triumph. 'Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out?' [Exodus 32:12] It seemed as if he took hold of the uplifted hand of God, to avert the blow. Did God rebuke him for his interference, and tell him he had no business to interfere? No; it seemed as if he was unable to deny any thing to such importunity, and so Moses stood in the gap, and prevailed with God."
~Charles Finney