Balak continued to try to get Balaam to go against God and curse the Isrealites. When Balaam would not do as he commanded, Balak was not happy. “Then Balak’s anger was aroused against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have bountifully blessed them these three times!” (Numbers 24:10) Balaam may not have always made the best decisions, but he knew from where all blessings flow! “So Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not also speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying, ‘If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the LORD, to do good or bad of my own will. What the LORD says, that I must speak’?” (Numbers 24:12-13) Just as Jesus said, we must have our priorities set right. “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?” (Mark 8:36) 

Today’s reading: Numbers 23-25