Satan Can Not Curse What God Has Blessed
In my earlier years in the church there were those who would say you were cursed if you did not do certain things that they thought God required of you. If you were not faithful in your tithes and offerings, that was a sure sign that your monies would be cursed. It is so amazing how we can allow old habits and old sayings to infiltrate our thinking.
Sure, enough there is a requirement in scripture. God requires the condition of your heart to be represented by the condition of your obedience. Balaam was a profiteering gentile prophet (Numbers 22:5), one of the most intriguing characters in the scripture. He was a priest or seer who could bless or curse people (22:6), and even though he was not a Hebrew, he communicated with their God. (22:8-12) He was known to work for a fee. (22:7, 16-18) God forbade him to curse the Israelites, yet he kept trying to find a way to satisfy the Moabite request and earn himself a handsome fee. (22:12, 20-21)
In short, I always say you cannot curse what God has blessed. Balaam had little choice but to bless Israel three times. This was especially true since God had already pronounced a blessing on Abraham’s descendants (Numbers 22:12), and there was no way Balaam could counter the blessings of God to Abraham. (22:18; 24:12-13).
The same is true for you if you are a child of God according to scripture. “That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved” (Rom 10:9-11NIV). Since you have confessed Jesus is Lord, you are now under the Abrahamic blessing. No individual can take that from you.
Sure, enough there is a requirement in scripture. God requires the condition of your heart to be represented by the condition of your obedience. Balaam was a profiteering gentile prophet (Numbers 22:5), one of the most intriguing characters in the scripture. He was a priest or seer who could bless or curse people (22:6), and even though he was not a Hebrew, he communicated with their God. (22:8-12) He was known to work for a fee. (22:7, 16-18) God forbade him to curse the Israelites, yet he kept trying to find a way to satisfy the Moabite request and earn himself a handsome fee. (22:12, 20-21)
In short, I always say you cannot curse what God has blessed. Balaam had little choice but to bless Israel three times. This was especially true since God had already pronounced a blessing on Abraham’s descendants (Numbers 22:12), and there was no way Balaam could counter the blessings of God to Abraham. (22:18; 24:12-13).
The same is true for you if you are a child of God according to scripture. “That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved” (Rom 10:9-11NIV). Since you have confessed Jesus is Lord, you are now under the Abrahamic blessing. No individual can take that from you.