MY FRIENDS, GOD WILL NOT OVERRIDE THE DESIRES OF OUR HEART!!

MY FRIENDS, GOD WILL NOT OVERRIDE THE DESIRES OF OUR HEART!!

Override: by definition in regards to our salvation is God disregarding, setting aside, or nullifying the desires of our heart. Therefore my friends, “the plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah. All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits. [So my friends] Commit thy works unto Jehovah, and thy purposes shall be establish” Prov. 16:1-3 (ASV) Numbers 22-25 begins the narrative of Balaam/presumed man of God/Sorcerer.

At one time Balaam was a prophet of God. But the god of this world turned his desires and focus to the things on this earth which are temporary and the things above which are eternal became obsolete. So he apostatized which tells us He took a total departure from his belief in God and begin to seek the pleasures of this world. “All this I will give you, [Balaam] if you will bow down and worship me.

So friends if we serve God we must forsake all others for no man [or woman] can serve two masters, “God and mammon.” Balaam was summoned by King Balek, the king of the Moabites to come and curse the Israelite’s as Moses was leading them towards the Promise land and he would be rewarded very handsomely if he succeeded.

Several times Balaam tried to curse Israel but instead of curses he predicted the complete destruction of Moab and Edom which then left King Balek with no hope and Balaam’s desires of wealth and fame null and void. So he returned home but the sin of greed continued to abound within his heart, how could he have success in the eyes of the King and gain the fortune that was promised him.

At this point Balaam still had not crossed that line, God’s Spirit was still seeking a contrite heart. But Satan took control, “and the controlling power of God left him.” He than returned to the king with a plan. Balaam knew the prosperity of  Israel depended on their obedience to God, and as long as they remained true to their God He would be their Shield.” So Balaam suggested let’s separate them from their God by enticing them into committing whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

And from whoredom to idolatry with their gods Baal and Ashtaroth. Balaam witness the success of His scheme and the “curse of God that was visited upon Israel as thousands fell under the judgement of God.” Balaam received his wealth. But in the end “Israel warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses; and the Midianites along with Balaam were slain.

Their fate sealed forever. Numbers 31:7-18 (KJV) My friends God did not nullify the desires of Balaam’s heart. He allows us to choose our own destiny. God even had a donkey to talk to Balaam with no success. Numbers 22: 21-34 (KJV) Oh the depths God will go to in trying to save us. But “it is a perilous thing to allow an unchristian trait to live in the heart [like Balaam did.] One cherished sin will, little by little, debase the character, bringing all its nobler powers into subjection to the evil desire.

The removal of one safeguard from the conscience, the indulgence of one evil habit, one neglect of the high claims of duty, breaks down the defenses of the soul and opens the way for Satan to come in and lead us astray. The only safe course is to let our prayers go forth daily from a sincere heart, as did David, “Hold up my goings in Thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.” Psalm 17:5. (KJV) (E.G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets p 452)