Let them curse, but You bless; when they arise, let them be ashamed, but let Your servant rejoice. (Psalm 109:28)

When Balak, the king of Moab, called for Balaam the seer to come and curse the people of Israel, he was convinced that a prophet’s curse would secure ultimate victory. His confidence is revealed in the statement, “For I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.” Obviously he was not aware that, long before he said this, the God of Israel had sworn to Abraham and his descendants, “I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you” (Genesis 12:2-3). In the end, it did not turn out as Balak had hoped, and it turned out even worse for Balaam.

Even though, at times, David felt he was at the breaking point, he knew this to be true — no one can curse what God has blessed. Try as he might, the Adversary cannot override the blessing of the Lord because, if he could, he would have destroyed Adam in the garden. He would have destroyed Job; he would have destroyed David, and he certainly would have destroyed the Son of David — if he had that kind of power. True, those blessed of the Lord can be attacked, accused, harassed and persecuted but they cannot be overcome and cannot be destroyed by any external foe. As Balaam was forced to acknowledge where the people of God are concerned — “Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you” (Numbers 24:9).

This being so, let us consider something. If we are truly born again and full of the Spirit of God, then we are blessed of the Lord, therefore, should we fear any curse that others pronounce upon us? God forbid! Regardless of the power wicked men and women might possess, no power of darkness can outmatch the power and might of our God. As He said, “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is from Me, says the Lord” (Isaiah 54:17). So, in the words of David, “let them curse, but You bless!” In the end, those who rise against you will be brought to shame and the favor of the Lord will be seen upon you. This is a certainty, for the Lord Himself has declared it.

Blessings and Shalom,  

Bill