Numbers 23:23 ‘Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!’
• DAILY READING Titus 3; Jeremiah 17-18; Psalm 127
Antisemitism is described as hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against the Jews. The Jewish people perhaps rate as one of the most hated people of all times. Yet despite the hatred, because God has been with them, they have continued to thrive and rule in the midst of their enemies.
Hatred for Jews can be seen in the fact that throughout the centuries Jews have been expelled from virtually every country in which they have resided. Jews were expelled from England in 1290, France in 1306 and 1394, Hungary in 1349 and 1360, Austria in 1421, from various places in Germany throughout the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, etc.
Perhaps the ultimate example of hatred for the Jews is the Holocaust, seen as the ultimate manifestation of evil in all of history when Hitler tried to annihilate the entire Jewish people. Yet despite all these rejections and persecutions, the blessings of God upon the Jews have overshadowed and superseded the hatred of their enemies.
The example of Balaam shows that the power of God’s blessing will always overcome the enemy’s attack against a people who are walking with the Lord.
Balak who ruled over the kingdom of Moab, in his bid to curse the people of Israel, sent emissaries nearly 400 miles to invite Balaam. However, when Balaam arrived, every time he opened his mouth to speak a curse against Israel, a blessing came out instead. Unable to penetrate God’s protective shield around His people, Balaam finally told Balak, “How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? Or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?” (Numbers 23:8). Balaam conceded that divination was no match for the power of God. Indeed it was impossible for a curse to be pronounced where God had pronounced a blessing! The story of Balaam serves as a perpetual reminder that what God has blessed is blessed, and that fact cannot be reversed. Therefore when you are in Christ and walking in obedience to God’s Word, you are safe, secure, and sealed in the protective blood of Jesus. It doesn’t matter how much anyone may hate you, it doesn’t how much they may have tried to send spells, enchantment or curses against you. Numbers 23:23 says ‘For there is no sorcery against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel…”.
And Isaiah 54:17 says ‘No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.’
Indeed always be assured that greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world!
Therefore today cast off the fear of any spell or enchantment having any effect upon you. Just concentrate on maintaining an intimate and holy walk with The Lord. When you are in Christ, you are the blessed of the Lord — and what God has blessed, no man or devil can curse!
PRAYER: Father, I rejoice that in Christ I am more than a conqueror. And because I am blessed of The Lord, no weapon formed against me shall ever prosper in Jesus Name.
QUOTE :
When God places His hand upon a man in life nothing can come against him, this is because the gifts and calling of God are without repentance WORDBITE 222.
[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK ESTABLISHED BY THE WORD]