Thursday, July 30, 2009

We're Blessed

Hi, y’all.
Long ago in a land far away… J sounds like fiction but this really happened. In Numbers 23, a not so godly prophet named Balaam was hired to curse Israel. Remember, his donkey talked to him. Well, he could not curse them. Let’s pick up the story with what he actually prophecied over Israel.
This was the message Balaam delivered:
"Balak summoned me to come from Aram;
the king of Moab brought me from the eastern hills.
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me!
Come and announce Israel’s doom.’
8 But how can I curse those
whom God has not cursed?
How can I condemn those
whom the Lord has not condemned?
Then the king asked him to try again. He said,
"Rise up, Balak, and listen!
Hear me, son of Zippor.
19 God is not a man, so he does not lie.
He is not human, so he does not change his mind.
Has he ever spoken and failed to act?
Has he ever promised and not carried it through?
20 Listen, I received a command to bless;
God has blessed, and I cannot reverse it!
21 No misfortune is in his plan for Jacob;
no trouble is in store for Israel.
For the Lord their God is with them;
he has been proclaimed their king.
So, Nancy, what does this have to do with us? Well, take a look at Romans 2 and Galatians 3. We are the Israel of God, circumcised in the heart! Christ has redeemed us from the curse… That the blessing of Abraham would come upon us. We are blessed with father Abraham, and God does not lie. No one and nothing can curse whom God has blessed!
I love you all. We are blessed!
healed by His stripes,
Nancy

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