God Means What He Says

Imagine it is your anniversary, and you ask your wife if it’s allright to go out with your friends. She replies, “If that’s what you want to do on our anniversary, then go ahead.” Later, when you find yourself sleeping on the couch, would you be surprised and protest, “But you said I could go!”? I don’t think any of you are naïve enough to think she was actually giving you her blessing. But sometimes we are deliberately naïve with God—like Balaam in our text. Now to be clear, God doesn’t say one thing and mean another. But God does test us to see whether we will be deliberately naïve, or faithful to Him and His Word. Watch how He tests Balaam in this text.