Prophet – Balaam

Numbers 23:18-24

Then he spoke his message:
  “Arise, Balak, and listen;
 hear me, son of Zippor.

    God is not human,  that he should lie,
 not a human being, that he should change his mind.

 Does he speak and then not act?
 Does he promise  and not fulfill?
    I have received a command to bless;
 he has blessed,  and I cannot change it.

    “No misfortune is seen in Jacob,
 no misery observed in Israel.

 The Lord their God is with them;
 the shout of the King  is among them.
    God brought them out of Egypt;
 they have the strength of a wild ox.
    There is no divination against Jacob,
 no evil omens  against Israel.

 It will now be said of Jacob
 and of Israel, ‘See what God has done!’
    The people rise like a lioness;
 they rouse themselves like a lion
 that does not rest till it devours its prey
 and drinks the blood  of its victims.”

Thoughts

. Beware of anxiety.  Next to sin, there is nothing that so troubles the mind, strains the heart, distresses the soul, and confuses the judgment. - William Ullathorne

. Lust is a poor, weak, whimpering, whispering thing compared with that richness and energy of desire which will arise when lust has been killed. - C. S. Lewis

[Message No: 7293]