Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Numbers 22-24

Am I largely confused by the story of Balaam and Balak? Yes, frankly, I am.

But … is there any question in my mind that God is a promise-keeping, miracle-working God who never changes and has all authority over all things in heaven and on earth? No, truthfully, there isn’t. I believe with all my heart the words of Numbers 23:19,

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man,
that he should change his mind.

Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Numbers 23:19 ESV

Oh my! Hold the phone. The song, “Way Maker” just came on my Spotify station. What?!? Let me digress for just a moment — Can I confess to you that I find the repetitiveness of this song kinda irritating? Anyone else? But, listen to these words,

“Even when I don’t see it, You’re working
Even when I don’t feel it, You’re working
You never stop, You never stop working

Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness, my God
That is who You are”

Way Maker by Leeland

Back to the matter at hand, the Mid-South is in the midst of a major heat wave made all the more devastating by coming right on the heels of a major thunderstorm with high winds that left a large portion of our city without power. Thankfully, we never lost power, but we are having to work around the extreme heat outside. So, this morning, my husband got up early to mow our 2-acre yard before it got too hot. At 9:15 am, after already finishing mowing over an acre of grass, suddenly the sky grew dark, and we could hear the rumbling of thunder in the distance.

Suddenly, I had this thought,

The sun is as present and bright right now
as it was an hour ago.
The clouds might hide it from view,
but the sun hasn’t changed one bit.

Likewise, God is the same no matter what circumstances you find yourself in. He is unmoving. He is unchanging. He is the rock of ages. May we learn to “kiss the waves that throw [us] against the Rock of Ages,” as Charles Spurgeon so brilliantly said.

For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise….

So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain…

Hebrews 6:13-15, 17-19 ESV