*DAILY DEW 3/JULY/2023* *THE ERROR OF BALAAM* (III) _Key Bible Text:_ *"Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.."* (Numbers 23:20-21 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ FROM CURSING TO BLESSING And Balaam, unlike Cain, owns it. “I have sinned. I will go back if you want me to.” The angel then repeated to Balaam the instruction that he was only to speak what God told him to speak concerning the Hebrews. In Moab, King Balak took the prophet Balaam up to a high place called Bamoth Baal, from where he could see all of Israel, and told him to curse the Israelites (Numbers 22:41). But Balaam gives a blessing on Israel: “How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the Lord has not denounced?” King Balak had him try again from Mount Pisgah (where God takes Moses so he can see the land of promise before he dies). Balaam again spoke a blessing: “I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it.” Balak tries one more time on the top of Mt. Peor. Then “the Spirit of God came on him and he spoke his message” (Numbers 24:2–3) :“How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwelling places, Israel!”[9] Balak told Balaam: “Go home. Thanks to your God, you don’t get the money.” Balaam reminded the king that he had said from the very beginning he could only say what God told him to say. But…. Balaam advised Balak to go after Israel with prostitutes and idolatry. Israel would bring a curse upon themselves. In Numbers 25, we find that the women of Midian began to seduce the men of Israel to sexual sin and to sacrifice to their gods. Israel began worshiping Baal of Peor (Pero, the last mountain on which Balaam stood) _MEDITATION:_ *"Often times we worry over external enemies, thinking that is where the danger lies. We forget that the more potent enemy to our progress is the one we behold when we look at a mirror-- ourselves!"* -- EDJ *#TheChurchofTheLivingGod* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_JULY,2023* ❤ *#Guest_Message* Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you...