FAITH CAPUSLE:God’s way will prevail and His plan will not be terminated.

Number 22, Judges 14

There is only one true God. He is undeniable, purposeful and powerful. God will use His creation to accomplish His purpose or address any situation under heaven. Only God alone can manifest himself as the true and living God. When Samson made his choice of marriage, it was outside of God’s will. Samson’s choice provoked his parent’s response, “Then his father and mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your brethren, or among all my people, that you must go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?”(Judges 14:3) Between the time Samson made his decision of who to marry and his parent’s response, no one had the idea of God’s involvement in the whole situation. The Bible makes it clear to us, “But his father and mother did not know that it was of the LORD—that He was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines. For at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel. So Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah.”(Judges 14:4-5) What a mighty God we serve! He alone is the most high God, the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Who could have identified that Samson’s move was the plan of God to inflict destruction on the enemies of His children. God used the defiant wisdom of Samson to defeat the Philistines. It was a defeat that gave His children their much needed relief. The same God preferred to speak through a donkey in His attempt of averting enemies’ secret plan to destroy the children of God. During the journey of the children of Israel to their promise land, Balak the king of Moabites was overwhelmed by the fear of loosing his land to the children of Israel. As a result of his fear, he hired Balaam to help destroy the children of Israel by spiritual means. Balaam’s attempt was not of God and therefore he could not have succeeded. While Balaam was on his mission to destroy, “The LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?” (Numbers 22:28) It was the donkey’s voice that caught the attention of Balaam to see the angel in his way. After witnessing the move of God, Balaam clearly got the message that God was not attempting to help Balak attain his mission. The same God is still in the business of moving in His awesome power. God’s way will prevail and His plan will not be terminated.

Prayer for today: Deliver me from my enemies O my God; defend me from those who rise up against me.