God is not a man

“God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?”

- Numbers 23v19

These are the words of Balaam when confronted by Balak. These men were apparently used to their false gods heeding to their beck and call. These professional prophets could word things and work them out so it looked like they controlled the gods like they could another man.

Balaam was dealing with a different kind of God this time. The reason? This God was the only true God! Balaam told these very clear words to Balak.

• God is not a man
• God cannot lie
• God will not change His mind
• God will do what He says He will do

Balak was looking for a blessing from Jehovah, but He was not about to be cajoled into giving it. God is not some kind of genie in a lamp who responds to a rubbing of the lamp.

There are Christians today who act like they think God is the kind of god that Balak though He was. God is still not our genie in a bottle. He is not going to lie, He is not going to change His mind, He will do what He says. We pray to bring our discern His will and to bring our will into line with his.