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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Numbers 24:1-13
To utter his third prophecy, Balaam dispenses with the former enchantments (v. 1). A man given over to spiritism, a habitual instrument of demons, he is constrained to utter the oracles that God puts into his mouth. And the more Balaam persists, the more the people will be blessed. V. 5 declares not only the absence of iniquity in Jacob (grace), but also the admirable beauty of the tents of Israel (glory). In the midst of these tents rose up that of the LORD Himself, the abode of His glory, so that all the camp was made partaker of that glory.
The Church is still in the wilderness, but God already considers her in the light of her glorious relation with His beloved Son. She is the Bride of Christ, clothed in His eyes in all the perfections of her divine Bridegroom. God calls upon us to regard the Assembly, as well as each brother and sister individually, from "the top of the rocks" (Numbers 23:9), that is to say in the same way as He Himself views them from heaven. Then we shall have quite a different view of them. We shall see the shining beauty of the robe of righteousness with which the Lord has reclothed His own. We shall notice in them the reflection of the glories of Jesus. And if there are some sad features we cannot avoid noticing also, this will give us a fresh opportunity to admire the extent of divine pardon.
