And let my end be like his...He has not observed iniquity in Jacob,
Nor has He seen wickedness in Israel.
The Lord his God is with him,
And the shout of a King is among them." vv.10,21
Read chapter 23
Balaam and Balak try to curse the Israelites THREE times and every time it turns out as a blessing than a cursing. Balak just wasnt getting it, that they weren't Balaam's words but God's and he couldn't help but speak exactly what God wanted. Did he think that just by changing his angle to a situation he could change the outcome? This chapter really shows Romans 8
"Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."Try to picture what's going on here. The Israelites are walking through the wilderness and can't even see all this going on. Balaam and Balak are up above and far off looking out at them and trying to curse them. Does it ever feel like that to you, where you're this ant that someone is holding a magnifying glass between you and the sun trying to burn you but you don't even know who or why? It's interesting to really read the blessings that Balaam gave over the Israelites. He wants to die the death of the righteous. How often people today say and think that. They do whatever they want during their lives but then when they die they want to end up in heaven; they want to live forever with God in eternity but not walk for Christ in this world.
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