Notes about The Journey of Balaam & Balak in Numbers 22.

Taking notes for group

1. Scripture Numbers 22.

2. Story about Balaam and Balak.

3. Why was God angry with Balaam but still let

him go

4. The Donkey started to talk

- What came to me was I Corinthians 1:27

"God choose the foolish things of the world

to shame the wise; God chose the weak thing

of the world to shame the strong

AI Assistance: Analyze What I Wrote

This page is about Numbers 22, the story of Balaam, Balak, and the talking donkey.

Main ideas

1. Why was God angry with Balaam but still allowed him to go?

God had already told Balaam not to go with Balak’s men. Later, God allowed him to go, but this did not necessarily mean that God approved of Balaam’s motives.

Balaam may have been attracted by Balak’s rewards and honour. The story shows that:

God may allow something without being pleased with it.

Outward obedience does not always mean wholehearted obedience.

Balaam knew what God wanted, but his motives may have been influenced by greed and personal gain.

2. The donkey saw what Balaam could not see

The donkey saw the angel of the Lord blocking the road, but Balaam did not. The donkey tried to protect Balaam, while Balaam became angry and beat it.

This creates an important contrast:

Balaam was considered a prophet, yet he was spiritually blind.

The donkey, a humble and unlikely instrument, recognised God’s warning.

God used the donkey to correct and protect Balaam.

The story teaches that a person should not assume they understand God simply because they have a religious position or experience.

3. Connection with 1 Corinthians 1:27

Your note connects this story with the idea that God chooses “the foolish things of the world to shame the wise” and “the weak things to shame the strong.”

The donkey represents something humble and unexpected that God used to communicate an important message. This shows that:

God can use anyone or anything He chooses.

Human status and wisdom do not guarantee spiritual understanding.

God often works through things that people consider weak or insignificant.

Pride can prevent people from recognising what God is doing.

Overall interpretation

Your notes are exploring the difference between knowing God’s words and truly obeying God with the right motives. Balaam could speak God’s message, but he still struggled with his desires and ambitions. The talking donkey exposes Balaam’s blindness and reminds him that God is not limited to using important or powerful people.

Surely Something Can Fix Me ?

Ive found out it is only God that can fix us. But we need to be humble enough to admit it. And listen to the advice we have been given.

I love when this happens.When all the messages fit together , let a jigsaw puzzle.The first one i read was my perpetual Calender in my kitchen. Then second one was from my book called For Today, by overeaters anonymous. And then the last one was from Messenger X by Arden Bevere which was a  great message. 

Messenger X.....

Proverbs shows us three kinds of people. The wise, the simple, and the mocker. All three go through the same thing. Hard seasons, same correction, same difficult conversations. And what happens to them is the same, but what they do with it is not. See, it says whoever corrects a mocker invites insult. Rebuke a wise person and he will love you. Same rebuke, two completely different responses. The wise person hears hard feedback and finds a way to be grateful for it. Not because he swallows everything that is said to him, but because wisdom is staying humble enough to pull the growth out of almost anything. The simple person hears the same feedback and doesn't know what to do with it. They walk through the hard season and say, I didn't learn anything from that. The mocker hears it and just grows bitter. They resent the person, they despise the season and they sink lower because they never saw it as a chance to learn. There's a book called Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, and I believe that every single person should read it at least once in their life. He survived the concentration camps and this book is about how he made it through. And his conclusion is that suffering only means something if we let it. See, plenty of people endure hardship and they don't learn anything from it. They don't pull anything from it. His most quoted line from that book says everything can be taken away from a person except for one thing, the last of humans freedoms. And that is the ability to choose your attitude in any circumstances. So you can't control what happens to you, but you can always control how you respond to it. Some mornings we don't feel like pressing in, we don't feel like praying, we don't feel like facing what the day is handing us. And in that moment we get to decide which of the three we're going to be. The wise person says, whatever I am feeling, I am still choosing how I respond.

Gos Has Promised "I Will Heal You"

In today question in messenger X 

This is the Scripture i will be speaking out

loud this week.

What comes to mind was the reel i watched were God said" WHO TOLD YOU WERE NAKED" the devil or even myself tell me lies 

Charting Your Thoughts by Addison Bevere

Charting Your Thoughts by Addison Bevere on MessengerX.

You start with one search, one question you need answered, one insecurity or fear you just need to put to rest. But an hour later, you're tabs deep, still scrolling, still reading, still watching.

That one small anxious thought about a person, a problem, a decision is becoming a stronghold in your mind-a belief now shaping your emotions, your attention, your decisions.

In 2 Corinthians 10:4-5, Paul writes, "The weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but have divine power to destroy strongholds." He goes on: "We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ."

This passage is usually taught through the lens of what's happening "out there." Today, I want to look at it through the lens of what happens within us: the battles in our own mind.

The Greek word for "lofty" was an astronomer's term. It describes the exalted position of a star, charted and fixed against the sky. Paul is picking a word that means something's been mapped, measured, reinforced, and given a fixed place in our mind. A stronghold isn't a stray thought. It's a thought I've charted and defended, built a whole constellation around, decided is true, and now everything else has to conform to it.

Social media has to be the seedbed of today's strongholds. We're letting it chart our thoughts hours a day. Later in this passage, Paul writes that "when people measure themselves by one another, they are without understanding" (v. 12). They lose a sense of what is real.

But here's the good news: Paul also says we have divine power to destroy strongholds (v.4). We tune our hearts to the Spirit and the power of Scripture, taking lofty thoughts captive by practicing obedience-submitting whatever's happening within us to the Spirit's gentle, steady hand.

So next time you feel the spiral start, take a step back. Ask: who or what is charting my course?

Let's pray:

Father, may the weapons of warfare that You've given to me by Your Spirit tear down anything in my mind that stands against the knowledge of You. Give me the grace to take every thought captive, to reject vain imaginations, and to overcome what is beyond me. Let Your Word and Your whisper outrake every lie I've charted in my mind. It's in Jesus' name that we pray. Amen.

Who told You, You Were Naked.

https://youtube.com/shorts/EPQrnJR28ps?is=fihvxRtejPrEw0eH

Back Bitting and Gossiping And Brinhing People Down.

This morning i wrote in my journal about when i go over to hillhouse i feel my old ways coming back. Back bitting and gossiping about each other. 

And i noticed that i am not full of the fruit of the Spirit. Because if i was i would find freedom from it. 

Then todays verse Galations 5:13 tells me exactly this plus verse 15 tells me exsctly ehat i had written early this morninv 

Galatians 5:15 NLT

[15] But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another.

Even Though i cant see that your working

The end part of my guided prayer in my Youversion Bible app 

Reminded me of yesterday when i was watching Joyce Meyer ministries and      Darlene Zschech said something that stood out for me. Even if we cant see that He is working in our lives He is still there. Then she mentioned a song called Waymaker lyrics...

"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
You never stop, You never stop working"