But God’s anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the Lord took his stand in the way as his adversary. Now he was riding on the donkey, and his two servants were with him. Numbers 22:22 – If you read the chapter, likely you noticed what appeared to be God getting angry with someone doing what He told them to do…let’s explain. First Balaam, the prophet in the story, was a non-Israelite, pagan prophet who did not follow the Lord. Scripture tells us in Jude 11 and 2 Peter 2:15-16 that Balaam only had a heart for the money he’d receive from following through with cursing Israel like his employers wanted. The fact that God even spoke with Balaam like He did is the greatest shock in the story, even more than the donkey talking! The Lord seems to be talking to this false prophet like He would with Moses! God eventually told Balaam to go with the employers, yet as we see in our verse God was angry Balaam went. God wasn’t angry because Balaam obeyed God, God knew the intention of Balaam’s heart. Balaam longed to curse Israel and get the money for his dark work, this is what the Lord saw and was angry with. There was someone desiring to curse His people and He wasn’t going to let that happen. While certainly a confusing passage and one that needs a deeper than a superficial read through to understand, it does remind us how amazing our God is at protecting us. For likely when all this was happening, Moses and the Israelites had no clue this was going on. We had an enemy nation trying to hire false prophets to curse Israel, and Israel knew nothing about it. Yet God did, and God took care of His own. Know in your story there are many things God has taken care of for you that you’ll never know of this side of Heaven. He is watching out for you always. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3372
Question To Ponder: What is something the Lord might take care of for us that we wouldn’t have even thought about needing help with?
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