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Numbers 22:31-38 The Message
31 Then God helped Balaam see what was going on: He saw God’s angel blocking the way, brandishing a sword. Balaam fell to the ground, his face in the dirt.32-33 God’s angel said to him: “Why have you beaten your poor donkey these three times? I have come here to block your way because you’re getting way ahead of yourself. The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she hadn’t, I would have killed you by this time, but not the donkey. I would have let her off.”
34 Balaam said to God’s angel, “I have sinned. I had no idea you were standing in the road blocking my way. If you don’t like what I’m doing, I’ll head back.”
35 But God’s angel said to Balaam, “Go ahead and go with them. But only say what I tell you to say—absolutely no other word.”
And so Balaam continued to go with Balak’s nobles.
36 When
Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him in the
Moabite town that was on the banks of the Arnon, right on the boundary
of his land.
37 Balak
said to Balaam, “Didn’t I send an urgent message for help? Why didn’t
you come when I called? Do you think I can’t pay you enough?”38 Balaam said to Balak, “Well, I’m here now. But I can’t tell you just anything. I can speak only words that God gives me—no others.”
For Reflection
Just
as God was in Balaam, God is in you. God will never abandon you. Even
if you , like Balaam are caught in a seduction of selfish desire. God
will turn you into righteousness.
Pray
Pray
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