majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him in Deuteronomy 23:4b-5,
"They [Ammonites and Moabites] hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in
Aram Naharaim to pronounce a curse on you. However, the Lord your God
would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing for
you, because the Lord your God loves you."
The Ammonites and Moabites were not to be allowed into the assembly of
the Lord in Israel. Moses tells the Israelites it is because they did
not come to meet the Israelites with bread and water when Israel left
Egypt. Also, they hired Balaam, a seer, to pronounce a curse on the
Israelites.
Moses points out that the Lord did not listen to Balaam but turned the
curse into a blessing for Israel, "because the Lord your God loves
you." We also have one who would seek our judgment from God, the
accuser of the brethren in Revelation 12:10, "the accuser of our
brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been
hurled down." In this passage we are told it is the devil himself,
verse 12.
While I am sure that the devil has the goods on me to bring before my
heavenly Father, just as the Lord would not listen to Balaam against
the Israelites, so the Lord will not listen to him against me. As Paul
says, "If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare
his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along
with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge
against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he
that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised
to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" Romans 8:31-35.
How wonderful to be the object of God's love and affection! While I
certainly deserve God's judgment, he has provided me a righteous
standing before himself out of his great love! Available to me through
faith! It is just astonishing to think of!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd
love to hear from you!
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