Jan. 26
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
GOD ROUTS FEAR
"Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any
divination against Israel." Num. 23:23
How this should cut up root and branch all silly, superstitious fears!
Even if there were any truth in witchcraft and omens, they could not
affect the people of the Lord. Those whom God blesses, devils cannot
curse.
Ungodly men, like Balaam, may cunningly plot the overthrow of the
Lord's Israel; but with all their secrecy and policy they are doomed to
fail. Their powder is damp, the edge of their sword is blunted. They
gather together; but as the Lord is not with them, they gather together
in vain. We may sit still, and let them weave their nets, for we shall
not be taken in them. Though they call in the aid of Beelzebub, and
employ all his serpentine craft, it will avail them nothing: the spells
will not work, the divination will deceive them. What a blessing this
is! How it quiets the heart! God's Jacobs wrestle with God, but none
shall wrestle with them and prevail. God's Israels have power with God
and prevail, but none shall have power to prevail against them. We need
not fear the fiend himself, nor any of those secret enemies whose words
are full of deceit and whose plans are deep and unfathomable. They
cannot hurt those who trust in the living God. We defy the devil and
all his legions.