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YOU CAN’T CURSE WHAT GOD HAS BLESSED.
We have discovered in the Exodus series many practical and wonderful lessons about God’s people.
Today in our last sermon of this series, we will look at a familiar story of Balaam and his donkey in .
the familiar story of Balaam and his donkey.
my title today is “Blessed.”
In another words, “One can’t curse what God has blessed.”
If God’s blessing is upon you, no one is able to curse you.
Isn’t that good news?
Open your Bibles with me to here the Israelites are camped on the borders of Moab.
For those of us that had the privilege to go to Israel a week ago,
we were in Jericho and could see the land of Moab, which is the country of Jordan today.
Its a beautiful view and one could imagine being there in Bible times seeing the nation of Israel camping there.
The Moabite King, Balak who heard about the Israelite victories,
saw that what the Israel had done to the Amorites he and his people were terrified and were looking for some kind of solution.
saw what Israel had done to the Amorites, he and his people were terrified and were looking for some kind of solution.
Balak knew that Israel was far too powerful to defeat militarily, so he decided to employ a famous diviner.
He believes divine help will be needed to defeat the Israelites and that is when he sends for Balaam.
So Balak sends messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor.
v 5-6 read.
It is interesting how Balak knew that whoever gets blessed will be blessed, and whoever get’s cursed will be cursed.
So he is determined to find someone to curse these people.
And he sends for Balaam.
As we read from history and study about Balaam..
we learn that he once was a prophet of God but he had gone into apostasy and trusted in himself.
And God still had some ways of communicating with him..
because the messengers had
because we see that the messengers came to him with this request.
Then Balaam speaks his message.
read v. 7-12
God here told Balaam not to go.
Because he can’t do something that is already done.
In other words you can’t curse what is already been blessed.
So he gets up and sends these messengers back.
So the king does not give up and sends again.. a more numerous and distinguished officials then the first time and offering greater rewards.
Balaam was impressed with the VIP’s, plus he was impressed with their offer and reward.
And Balaam tried to work it out so he can go and curse Israel.
Balaam was hoping that God would change his mind, and he invited the officials to wait overnight...
now notice God’s answer this time to Balaam, verse 20,
God said “Go” but do only what I tell you.
There is a lesson here for us.
God does not hold us back from the paths we choose.
But if its a path that is hurtful, God tries hard to help us see that.
Read v. 21 So Balaam rose in the morning, saddled His donkey, went on with them.
and offers rewards and bribory.
Well here is where the story gets rather exciting,
because as Balaam was riding towards the country of the Moabites on his donkey, the donkey began to baulk.
The donkey would’t go and Balaam tried to persuade him, with all kinds of methods.
And finally they came to a wall and a narrow opening through the wall.
And as Balaam tried to force the donkey through the opening..
the donkey wouldn’t go and in the process, he smashed Balaam’s foot.
Why wouldn’t the donkey go?
Because as you know the Angel of the Lord was standing there, with His sword drawn and even a donkey could see through that.
His eyes were open, he was able to see into the other dimension.
He saw the angel of the Lord which Balaam didn’t.
How many times we might be hurting the people that stand between us and our desires…
They see harm and danger and try to protect us as the donkey was protecting Balaam.
And instead of being thankful, we hurt those who love and care for us.
And perhaps it is not even people that stand between us and our desires, but the Lord himself and we fight against the Lord.
the people with words, or rudeness when we feel that they stand in our way between us and our goals.
or rudeness when we may feel that they stand in our way between us and our goals.
when we feel that they stand in our way between us and our goals.
When it could be the Lord standing in our way...
And all the Lord longs to do is try to protect us from any harm that is in front of us.
We might be so busy and distracted with many ungodly things..
that we in return we don’t see what’s ahead ahead us or who is beside us that is trying to help.
God uses people today for us to listen to them at times…they may have good wisdom.
:)
To help us stay on the narrow path, to do the right things and to say the right things.. follow his word.
And so Balaam in his fit temper began to beat on the donkey and in verse 28-30 it says: (READ)
Then the Lord opened his mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam.
“What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
Now at this point Balaam should’ve been so surprised that he should’ve fallen off his donkey.
But instead, he talks back to the donkey as if it was an everyday happening.
Can you imagine how bent a man can be on his own desires that a donkey starts talking to him and he just responds back without thinking twice about it.
yet you are so distracted that you don’t realize what that response was.
That’s how unreasonable sinful desires can be.
People or in this case an animal tries to warn us and we don’t pay attention at all.
Or did you ever drive and don’t pay attention the way back home.
See the Lord was angry with him not because he went…you see he gave him permission to go.
So the resistance was not against his going but against his unspoken motive or intentions.
but because he told him to go however when the Angel apeared
Balaam wanted to curse what God has already blessed, why? so he could be famous and make some good money.
(he loved the wages of wickedness). .
Which was obviously contrary to God’s will.
Which was obviously contrary to God’s will.
Let’s continue the story in verses 31-35.
Strange things happening on the road to Moab.
So many stories we see in the Bible that we can relate where strange things take place as people journey in life.
We see this story as a story where we can relate a lot.
Usually strange things happen as people journey in life.
We see this story as a story where we can relate can we.
And the first thing the Angel did was to give him a reprimand for beating so unmercifully on a poor donkey.
Here is another important lesson we learn from the Angel.
People or animals around us also hurt when we choose a destructive path.
So love Jesus and be kind to your pets :)
Stops him from his bad intentions, motives or his desires in his heart.
After this rebuke Balaam falls on his face and is filled humility.
How many times do we humble ourselves only after our sins are discovered..
or we say we are sorry, only after our sinful act has come to light.
Balaam then acknowledged his sin in opposing the Lord...
and not seeing divine direction in the donkey’s behavior.
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