Nb 22 :31-41
Unwittingly,
Balaam became a blind man even as he had opened eyes. Lets us think
about Balaam’s pride and his poverty of being fooled by the
astuteness of Balaq. The Eternal God helped Balaam in two things :
- God opened the eyes of Balaam
While Balaam’s donkey
didn’t ever disobey, Balaam himself disobeyed God (32). Because
Balaam was attracted by Balaq’s stratagem, God should have hit him,
however God protected him and opened his eyes. When you open
spiritual eyes, you can see the Eternal God (Eph 1 :18)
- The Eternal God made Balaam recognize his sin
Balaam, after opening his
spiritual eyes through the angel of the Eternal God, saw his sin
against the Eternal God. But the Eternal God sent his angel close to
Balaam to proclaim God’s word. The problem of Balaam is that, even
if he is a prophet, he let himself be weakened by power and material
things which possessed Balaq. The ennemy of this prophet is power and
material things.
Prayer : Lord,
thank you for showing Balaam his sin, have mercy on us, despite our
position of prophet, we are so weakened in front of power and
material things.
Bottom line : the ennemy of the
prophet is power and material things
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