Doing Only The Perfect Will Of God

Spirit & Life Devotional
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Chinaemerem Joshua Ibezim

Doing Only The Perfect Will Of God

"Then God’s anger was aroused because he went, and the Angel of the Lord took His stand in the way as an adversary against him. And he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him." Numbers 22:22 NKJV

Balak wanted Balaam to curse the people of God because he was afraid of them. Balaam sought the will of God, and God said to him, “You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.” Now that was God's perfect will concerning that situation, and it was enough for all time.

But after Balaam refused to go to Balak the first time, Balak sent more superior men to him, with a much bigger offer to persuade him to come. Now, all Balaam needed to do was to say that he wasn't going with them based on the perfect will of God that was revealed to him; but he went back to God the second time, probably hoping to hear something different. Well, he did hear a different word; God said to him, “If the men come to call you, rise and go with them; but only the word which I speak to you—that you shall do.”

Balaam got both the perfect and permissive wills of God, but he would have also gotten death for not sticking to the perfect will of God because an angel would have killed him on his way to Balak. Here's the lesson: it pays to do only the perfect will of God concerning any situation. You may cry, and make God change His mind, but you can be sure that whatever you get as a result of God's permissive will, will never be as good as what you would have gotten as a result of His perfect will. God's perfect will is always the best for us. It is wisdom to stick to His perfect will.

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