Tuesday March 04th, 2025
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12 And God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
13 So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, “Go back to your land, for the Lord has refused to give me permission to go with you.”
14 And the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”
15 Then Balak again sent princes, more numerous and more honorable than they.
16 And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me;
17 for I will certainly honor you greatly, and I will do whatever you say to me. Therefore please come, curse this people for me.’ ”
18 Then Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, “Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.
19 Now therefore, please, you also stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say to me.”
20 And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men come to call you, rise and go with them; but only the word which I speak to you—that you shall do.”
21 So Balaam rose in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
22 Then God’s anger was aroused because he went, and the Angel of the Lord took His stand in the way as an adversary against him. And he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
Many a time when we have a plan, we present it to God and He says, “No way”.
We then say, “I know how to twist God’s hand”.
We begin to fast, pray, seek His face and then finally, we come round and say,
“ Lord, what about that plan?”
He could then say, “Go ahead”.
You had better not go anywhere.
- As children of God, it is our duty to obey Him promptly and completely at all times.
In our Bible reading for today, a king asked Prophet Balaam to curse Israel.
Balaam asked God and He said, “No”.
The king then sent some other people to tell Balaam that he would promote and enrich him if he would curse Israel.
Balaam then decided to check back with God and the Lord said, “Okay, if you want to go, go”.
On the way, God sent an angel to block his way.
It was Balaam’s donkey that saw the angel; the Prophet, blinded by greed, couldn’t even see what a donkey could.
- Whenever you are so interested in something that you manage to ‘twist God’s hand’ to permit you to have it, you would be blinded by it and may run into serious trouble because of your inability to see clearly and objectively.
If you do a little research to trace the history of Balaam, you would see that he ended up dying by the sword.
- One area where Christians often pursue God’s permissive will is in marriage and many of them have regretted it afterwards.
The fact that God allowed Hagar to give birth when Abraham went in unto her while Sarah was considered barren does not mean that the latter was the one through whom God’s covenant with Abraham would come to pass, Genesis 17:21.
It doesn’t matter how good the permissive will looks, you better go for God’s express will.
Sister, that young man you like may be more financially secure than the one God says you should choose;
don’t be fooled by today, God knows tomorrow, and He is instructing you based on that knowledge.
Ask the Lord to reveal His express will to you, because if you ‘twist His arm’ so you can have things your way, the end may be bitter.
Application -Don’t go to God insisting on your own plan; He may permit it, but you may regret it.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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