Do Not Curse/Bless
March 18, 2023
“Do Not Curse/Bless!”
Blessings folk!
Balaam spoke the Word the Lord gave - a Blessing.
Balak was panicking.
What to do?
Read…
Num 23:25-30
And Balak said to Balaam,
“Do not curse them at all, and do not bless them at all.”
But Balaam answered Balak,
“Did I not tell you, ‘All that the LORD says, that I must do’?”
And Balak said to Balaam,
“Come now, I will take you to another place.
Perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the desert.
And Balaam said to Balak,
“Build for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
ESV
Balak demanded - “no curse, no bless”!
Balaam replied - “I told you, I must say what the Lord says.”
(He seems so righteous and pious, does he not…await the outcome of the story…)
Balak then demands another relocation.
Another view of the people.
Perhaps it would please the Lord to curse them then?
Really?
Before we judge, do we not do the same?
The Lord instructs us plainly on a matter.
We try this.
We try that.
We try the other.
All hoping the Lord will acquiesce to what we want.