Wed.’s Devo - God is All-Powerful

Read: Numbers 22:21-23:30; Luke 1:56-80; Psalm 58:1-11; Proverbs 11:12-13
Balak is bent on cursing Israel and he is bent on Balaam doing the cursing. Balak means “waster” which is exactly what Balak wanted to have proclaimed over Israel. Balaam’s name means “not of the people; a foreigner” because Balaam was not one of God’s people. He was a false prophet subject to God. He is greatly rebuked for not giving up and going home. He played along with Balak maybe hoping to find a loophole.
In Luke we read about the birth of John the Baptist. When Zaccharias wrote John’s name down on the tablet his tongue was loosed and he could talk. The people marveled at the miracle. It had been years since they had seen any type of miraculous act on the earth so this was huge. When God loosed Zaccharias’ tongue he started prophesying about John’s destiny. He was to go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways. Jesus was the face of God to the world. John was to give knowledge of salvation to his people be the remission of their sins. John preached repentance and baptism as sanctification. John would give light to them that sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide their feet into the way of peace. John brought hope and restoration to those that had lost their hope and their way.
Today, we are being attacked like never before because the devil is afraid at what he is seeing. We are actually starting to win! We are learning how to fight and use our authority. We learn by having reasons to use it. That is another reason we are going through so much mess. God is allowing opportunities for us to grow and learn how to rise up and use the authority he gave us through the name of Jesus. This is not the time to give up but to be courageous. The devil’s schemes are just smoke screens. The real is shining behind this smoke screen. We just need to walk through it expecting to see the light on the other side.
Lord, help us to be fearless and offensive. You are with us, so who and what do we have to fear ?