Jan. 26
GOD ROUTS FEAR
"Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any
divination against Israel." Num. 23:23
How this should cut up root and branch all silly, superstitious
fears! Even if there were any truth in witchcraft and omens, they
could not affect the people of the Lord. Those whom God blesses,
devils cannot curse.
Ungodly men, like Balaam, may cunningly plot the overthrow of the
Lord's Israel; but with all their secrecy and policy they are doomed
to fail. Their powder is damp, the edge of their sword is blunted.
They gather together; but as the Lord is not with them, they gather
together in vain. We may sit still, and let them weave their nets, for
we shall not be taken in them. Though they call in the aid of
Beelzebub, and employ all his serpentine craft, it will avail them
nothing: the spells will not work, the divination will deceive them.
What a blessing this is! How it quiets the heart! God's Jacobs wrestle
with God, but none shall wrestle with them and prevail. God's Israels
have power with God and prevail, but none shall have power to prevail
against them. We need not fear the fiend himself, nor any of those
secret enemies whose words are full of deceit and whose plans are deep
and unfathomable. They cannot hurt those who trust in the living God.
We defy the devil and all his legions.