*Above Only Devotional* SAT, DEC 1 *God Has Turned It Around!* _Numbers 23:11 & 8 (NKJV), Nehemiah 13:2 (GNB)_ _…Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me?

*Above Only Devotional*

SAT, DEC 1

*God Has Turned It Around!*

_Numbers 23:11 & 8 (NKJV), Nehemiah 13:2 (GNB)_

_…Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have blessed them bountifully!"

*"How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced? …the people of Ammon and Moab did not give food and water to the Israelites on their way out of Egypt. Instead, they paid money to Balaam to curse Israel, but our God turned the curse into a blessing._

While the kings of Syria and Ephraim were planning and conspiring to overthrow Ahaz the king of Judah, Ahaz became very troubled. God sent prophet Isaiah to declare unto Ahaz, … this is what the Sovereign LORD says: It will not take place, it will not happen, Isa.7:7 (NIV). Lamentations 3:37 (NKJV) declares, who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, when the Lord has not commanded it? The Bible says, No curse can touch Jacob; no magic has any power against Israel. For now it will be said of Jacob, 'what wonders God has done for Israel! (Numbers 23:23 (NLT)). You cannot be cursed and you cannot be disadvantaged. In Christ, God has already turned every negative decree and condition around for your good.

Jesus became a curse for you so that you might be blessed, Gal.3:13-14. He became sin so that you might be righteous, 2Cor.5:21. He became poor so that you might become rich,2 Cor.8:9. Beloved, no weapon formed against you shall prosper and every tongue that rises against you, you shall condemn! This is your heritage as God's servant and your righteousness is of God, Isa.54:17. Do not become afraid and intimidated when negativity is directed towards you. Resist the urge to start to think and speak negatively in response to that hostility or threat that seems to be targeted at you. Rejoice because God has already turned it around for your good and declare what God is saying about you. Hebrews 13:5b-6 says, For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we may boldly say, The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

PRAYER:
I rejoice in You, Jehovah Shalom, because in Christ you have turned every negative decree and condition around for my good.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR READING PLAN
EZEKIEL 5-6; 1 JOHN 3