II Peter 2:15-16
“They’ve left the main road and are directionless, having taken the way of Balaam, son of Beor, the prophet who turned profiteer, a connoisseur of evil. But Balaam was stopped in his wayward tracks: A dumb animal spoke in a human voice and prevented the prophet’s craziness.”
“They have wandered off the right road and followed the footsteps of Balaam son of Beor, who loved to earn money by doing wrong. But Balaam was stopped from his mad course when his donkey rebuked him with a human voice.”
This chapter warns believers against corrupt leaders. Peter compared these leaders to Balaam in Numbers 22. Balaam was a false prophet the Moabites hired to curse Israel on their way from Egypt to Canaan. God stopped him by speaking to him in an extraordinary way, through the vocal cords and mouth of an animal.
I have loved ones who follow someone like Balaam. I will pray that God speaks to them in an extraordinary way, just as his did to the Balaam of Numbers 22. And I will pray that they listen.
Lord, open the eyes of the Balaam types in my life. Shout a warning that will stop them in their tracks and may they head it. Make me faithful to pray for them and point them to you.