“Error of Balaam - 5”

January 22, 2020

“Error of Balaam - 5”

Blessings folk!

Reread the passage from yesterday…

Num 22:22-30
But God was angry because he was going,
and the angel of the LORD took his stand in the way as an adversary against him.
Now he was riding on his donkey and his two servants were with him.

When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand, the donkey turned off from the way and went into the field;
but Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back into the way.

Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow path of the vineyards,
with a wall on this side and a wall on that side.

When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD,
she pressed herself to the wall and pressed Balaam’s foot against the wall,
so he struck her again.

The angel of the LORD went further,
and stood in a narrow place where there was no way to turn to the right hand or the left.

When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam;
so Balaam was angry and struck the donkey with his stick.

And the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam,
“What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”

Then Balaam said to the donkey,
“Because you have made a mockery of me! If there had been a sword in my hand,
I would have killed you by now.”


The Lord was angry.
The Lord sent the Angel of the Lord to stand in the way of Balaam…to be an adversary against him.
Humm….

The donkey saw the angel.
Balaam did not.

Wonder why?

Could it be because Balaam had his eyes/attention/focus upon the things of the world?

Could it be because Balaam was walking in disobedience?

Could it be that he was after the money, the power, the honor that had been promised?

Such will cloud our vision.
Such will render us blind to the things of the Lord.

We desire for the Lord to be an adversary for us, not an adversary against us.

Seek to see Him.

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