#EaglesDevotional -- BALAAM, THE BACKSLIDING PROPHET


“And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed” Numbers 22:12.

The children of Israel camped by Jordan and Balak, the king of Moab saw them. He saw that everything about them was good. What he did not know was that they had been eating the manna. When he saw them, he got jealous. Out of jealousy, Balak sought to kill them. He then looked for a backsliding prophet called Balaam to curse them.

In verse 12, God warned Balaam ahead of time not to curse the children of Israel because they are already blessed. But Balaam was a backsliding and covetous person.  When they met him initially he said, he would not go but Balak sent messengers to him again saying he would give him twice anything he wanted. This time, he said, “let me go and seek the Lord”. But God had earlier spoken to him so what was he seeking the Lord for again?

He went to seek the Lord and the Lord said, since this is what you want to do, do. When God sees that you are adamant to do what is in your heart, He leaves you. The Bible says, “and the Lord was angry with Balaam” and as he went in his stubbornness, his ass which he was riding upon, saw an angel with a sword blocking the way and refused to go. Because Balaam was backsliding, he couldn't see the angel with a sword. Balaam got annoyed and hit the ass. 

Then the Lord anointed the ass and the ass opened its mouth and said, “...What have I done unto thee?...” can’t you see, are you this backslidden?
May your backsliding not blind you from God?

God is talking to you but you can’t hear Him; He is coming to you but you can’t see Him; He is trying to minister to you because your heart is far away from God. God used an ass to talk to a human being.

I pray you hear God for yourself that no one else will talk to you.
Are you one, whom so many have spoken to you to receive Christ yet you do not want to hear, you think they are crazy. What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for your car to talk to you or the walls of your house to talk to you?

Prayer/Confession: O Lord, help me to hear you every time you talk. Help me o God.

Further Reading: Numbers 22:1-34

Words of wisdom: God sees your heart.


Eagles Devotional: Ayo Oritsejafor Mininstries (Word Alive Publications)
Photos: http://biblepic.com/53/4388.jpg

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