The children of Israel also killed with the sword Balaam the son of Beor, the soothsayer, among those who were killed by them.
Joshua 13:22 (NKJV)
In Numbers 22 we learn that when Balak saw how the Israelites had defeated the Amorites, he and the Moabites were very afraid. He therefore hired Balaam to curse the Israelites because they were too numerous and too strong for him. However Balaam could not curse Israel. Instead of cursing them he blessed them because he said he could not curse those whom God has blessed. This story teaches us a number of important lessons:
- When you are succeeding there will be people who will try to curse you
Balak decided to hire Balaam to curse Israel because they were too many and too strong for him to put down. When you pray and ask God for enlargement and He begins to enlarge your territory, Satan will influence people who are jealous to curse you. Jabez recognised this fact which is why when he prayed for God to enlarge him, he also asked The Lord to keep him from evil that it may not harm him:
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
1 Chronicles 4:10 (KJV)
- Their curse against you will be turned into a blessing
Today God wants you to know that you are blessed and that every curse against you will be turned into a blessing. Just like Balaam had no choice but to bless Israel, anybody who plans to curse you will end up blessing you. Don’t worry because as long as you are living in obedience to God, no satanic plan or magic curse against you can ever prevail. The same way it did not work on Israel, it will not work on you:
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
Numbers 23:23 (KJV)
- When Satan knows that he cannot curse you he will try to entice you to disobey God so that you can destroy yourself
When Balaam saw that he could not curse the Israelites, he advised Balak to entice the children of Israel to sin by eating things sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality (Rev 2:14). You see, unless we repent, the consequences of sin is death:
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:23
- Those who dig a pit for you will fall into it themselves
Don’t worry about those plotting evil against you because those who have dug a pit for you to fall will fall into it themselves. We saw how Baalam eventually met with his doom under the hand of Joshua:
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.
Proverbs 26:27
- Stay obedient to the Word of God
When you obey God and do what He said you should do in His Word, anyone who comes against you will not succeed but will have to flee before you:
The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
Deuteronomy 28:7
Prayer
Dear Lord, I thank You that You have promised in Your Word that no curse will ever work against me. I pray that as You are blessing me You will keep me from all evil that it may not harm me in Jesus name.
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