Numbers 23: God is Not a Man

"God is not a man who lies, or a son of man who changes His mind.  Does He speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill?"

Numbers 23:19

Balak, king of Moab, is still trying to convince the prophet Balaam to curse Israel.  Because he is a man of God, who cannot be bought, Balaam still refuses to go against God's word.  He speaks the words that God puts in his mouth.

The first thing that God instructed Balaam to say about Him was that He is not like a man, that He doesn't change His mind or lie.  He keeps His promises, and He has promised to bless Israel.

Question of the Day:

How often do we put God in our own little box, and tell ourselves (and others) that He wants the same things that we want?  How often do we call on Him to give us things that He hasn't promised us, or that He has promised to others?

Prayer of the Day:

Teach me Your ways so that I may follow You in truth as well as in my verbal claims.  Show me how to live a righteous life, and how to seek Your will in all that I do.  Amen.