BRAGADAYJAH 463
So Balaam departed with the princes
of Moab thereby gaining the Lord’s displeasure. Not only displeasure but God’s
wrath was fired up against Balaam. But
how so some may ask, did God not tell him to go? True; but God had already made known to
Balaam his will in the matter when he asked Him the first time. To understand
fully what is taking place we need to understand the difference between the
permissive will of God and our own free will.
That situation was no different
from what happens to us in our own relations with God. We all as His children
know pretty much what God expects of us.
When therefore in exercise of our self-will we over-step the mark or
fall short of His mark, we are able to do so because God permits us, the same
as saying you know my will; but I am not going to stop you from having your own
way. That is exactly what happened with
Balaam and with God.
So as
Balaam went out to meet Balak that day, the angel of the Lord stood in his way.
The donkey saw the Angel standing in the way with a drawn sword; but Balaam did
not see him, his eyes no doubt on other things, and so the ass turned aside and
went into the field.
Balaam
smote the ass and tried to steer it into the way but the angel stood in the middle
of the way, leaving only walls on either side, and having no other choice the
donkey ran into the wall crushing Balaam’s foot, whereupon he smote the ass a
second time.
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