Numbers 31 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read Numbers 31.

www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/num/31/1/s_148001

Meditate on verses 15-16.

 

And Moses said to them, "Have you spared all the women?

Behold, these caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel

of Balaam, to trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor,

 so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.”

 

Numbers 31 tells the rest of the story of Balaam being hired by King Balak to curse Israel, so they would not be able to destroy the pagan nations surrounding their promised land (Numbers 22:1-7).  The Midianites were part of that group who hoped Israel would be destroyed.  Taking Balaam’s advice, the women seduced the Israelites into adulterous idolatry by joining themselves to Baal through sexual intimacy (Numbers 25:1-9).  God had already punished the Israelites for their foolishness; now He commanded the Midianites be destroyed, so they could not seduce His people into unfaithfulness again.

 

Are there things in your life seducing you from faithfulness to God?  Spend time asking God to reveal them to you, even the “little ones” (v. 17).  Ask God to help you remove them, so they do not hinder your walk with Christ.

 

As a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7), use the words from Numbers 31:15-17 to ask God to help you and those you love remove unfaithfulness from your midst.  

 

“LORD, do not let _________ and me spare anything

 that causes us to trespass against You.

We do not want a plague among us. 

Help us to kill every little thing that keeps us

 from intimately knowing You, LORD.

In Your name, Jesus~”

 

The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 4 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell