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Beware of the Seductive Spirit

Day 47

Reading: Num. 24:1 - Num. 26:65

There is a season where those sent to curse you will have no choice but to bless you. A season where your enemies cannot speak against you. Balaam had no option but to declare a blessing upon the children of Israel. Balak was not amused as 3 times Balaam had blessed the children of Israel and there was nothing he could do about it. Balaam went on to speak the fate of the nations Israel would deal with and Balak wasn't happy to know that Moab his nation would be one of them that Israel would batter. 

Watch your environment and be careful who is around you. The children of Israel were soon seduced by the women of Moab. What Balaam couldn't do, that derails the people of God, the women of Moab did. Talk about generational curses. The Moabites are actually related to the children of Israel. The daughters of Lot- Abraham's nephew- slept with their father after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. They 'seduced' their father, got him drunk and slept with him. The son born to the first born daughter was named Moab, Genesis 19:37-38.Do you realise we never hear of this family after this act?  Be discerning of everyone around you and understand the influence they carry. 

Anything or anyone that seduces you or me from following God should die. Kill it, Charles. The priest who killed the man and the woman stopped the plague of judgement and was blessed with a covenant of peace. The woman was named Cozbi meaning a liar. The seductive spirit is a lying spirit that deceives one, blinding you from the truth and numbing your heart from the fear of God. Deal with the seductive spirit and a covenant of peace is assured. 

As I pondered on this it struck me that the world today is fighting a seductive spirit that is silencing the believer in a way that many don't realise. The seductive spirit takes you away from worshipping God. Let nothing or no one take you from the place of worship.

Memory Verse: Num. 25:12

Decree:

 Place your name in this scriptures and declare them aloud.

How lovely are your tents, O Jacob! Your dwellings, O Israel! Like valleys that stretch out, like gardens by the riverside, like aloes planted by the Lord, like cedars beside the waters. He shall pour water from his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters. Num. 24:5-7( italics mine)


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