MONDAY- 11TH SEPTEMBER, 2023
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
DIVINE TAKE OVER - Series 002
Numbers 22:28, KJV
"And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?"
Divine take over is a reality. This narrative is very much clear to us. God is not delighted with Balaam. Though He has given Him a permissive release to go yet God wouldn't have him go. He has only received answers according to the multitude of idols he has hidden in his heart. This should be a warning to you not to be given to your own will or else, God might reveal or give you your perverted will [Ezek.14:4]. It's very much clear to us all that Balaam has a strong appetite towards the riches and honour promised him by Balak. It's for this reason he says again, "tarry here tonight and I'll see what more God would say" [Numb.22:19]. The question should be, "what else does God want to say?" Has He not spoken and will He not abide by it? It's on this occasion Balaam missed it.
Going forward on that journey, God sent an angel to withstand him. Unfortunately, Balaam couldn't see God's angel which has come to stand as an adversary. It's herein this scripture is fulfilled which says, I have set the Lord always before me, He's at my right hand, how shall I be moved (Psalm 16:8)?" It is what you set before you and which you look or have looked intently into that you'll see or see its manifestations. The Psalmist is not shaken because the Lord which He always thinks on, seek after and imagine on has made him in turn to be as solid as a rock. However, that's not the case with Balaam. What he has set before him is Balak's son's of Zipporah's promised riches and honour. As he goes on that journey, he has lost touch with God and now all the imagination of his heart is on what great estate he'll soon enter into. For this reason, he couldn't see God's angel. This is a man who ought to have open vision with open eyes yet he doesn't see how close he is to getting killed. What you set before you is what you'll see. It's a spiritual principle. If your meditation all day is on fornicating, you'll see the devil indulge you with an opportunity to take sooner.
But in all, salvation is still hidden for Balaam in his ass. On three occasions, his ass turned away from the angel and the divine presence before it. That angel has an aura round him that no mortal could intrude into or else would be slain. It's this the ass sees and fears. However, God wanting to rebuke the madness of heart of Balaam rebuked him by opening his ass' mouth. That's a divine take over now. Animals do talk or exhibit communication but their communication (especially of a donkey here) is intelligible to humans. But this donkey received a take over and immediately its mouth is open to communicate rebuke to Balaam.
II Peter 2:15, KJV
"... and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet".
Unfortunately, Balaam still didn't hearken for I thought he'll run away for refuge when he hears the donkey speak. Rather, he banter words with it. This tells you how much he is bent on getting Balak's riches and honour. The passage of the Bible above says, "...the dumb ass speaking with a man's voice..." What I want you see is the word, "dumb". It means inability to speak or make speeches. So, there won't be audibility even if the mouth is opened up and down. However, when the Lord God takes this ass over, though dumb (by makeup that fits it), it immediately has a loose tongue and it speaks with a human voice that instant. This is God's doing and it's marvellous in our sight. That's what the Lord only could have done. Or when did you hear your dog speak to you in a man's voice, in intelligible understandable human language? Never! So, if an ass could exercise that, it means God needs it for a vessel and had to equip it for same. That's why I earlier said that taken over always come with all the equipping necessary for the discharge of the taken over. When you're taken over, even if you're not known for a particular thing, you immediately become reputed for it and that's because you're just a vessel in His hands. God has therefore made you to appear like a wonder unto many. Today, may you provide the Lord with a body and be His taken over and anointed.
PRAYER: Lord, take me over and use me to the fullest and contrary to my afore reputation.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Isaiah 8:1-9:21; 2 Corinthians 12:1-10; Psalm 55:1-23; Proverbs 23:4-5
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