BBD 03.20.19 Cut Off at the Pass (New)

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Since June 8^th 1998, this is
the 1805^th

The Burning Bush Devotional

20 March 2019

Cut Off at
the Pass

Then God’s anger was aroused because he went,
and the Angel of the Lord took His
stand in the way as an adversary against him. And he was riding on his donkey,
and his two servants were with him. Now the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the way with His drawn
sword in His hand, and the donkey turned aside out of the way and went into the
field. So Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back onto the road. Then the
Angel of the Lord stood in a
narrow path between the vineyards, with a wall on this side and a wall
on that side. And when the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord, she pushed herself against the wall and crushed
Balaam’s foot against the wall; so he struck her again. Then the Angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow
place where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the
left. And when the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord,
she lay down under Balaam; so Balaam’s anger was aroused, and he struck the
donkey with his staff.

Then the Lord
opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to
you, that you have struck me these three times?” – Numbers 22:22-28 NKJV (Read
the rest of the story in Numbers 22)

You could
say that Balaam was cut off at the pass! I was once cut off at the pass by a
large group of native-Americans. It was when I was 17 or 18 years old playing
guitar in group. We played at dances all over western Oklahoma and one of those
dances was at Canton, Oklahoma where there is a large native-American
population. After the dance was over, we loaded all the equipment into the trailer;
and, I was simply tired and relieved and let out a war whoop, something I did
from time to time. However, there was a large group of native-Americans at the
dance, and they rightly took offense thinking that I was mocking or taunting
them.

Driving
off from the dance venue to the main road was a dirt road about a quarter of a
mile long. Before we reached the main road, we were cut off you could say at
the pass by a long line of native-Americans running to intercept us. They were
yelling and rocking the car and at least a couple of us were a little
frightened by this! Especially as one of them was tapping on the window with
his knife. Two of the members of our group who had booked the dance, and knew
some of those surrounding us, got out of the car and defused the situation. I
think that was the last time I ever did a war whoop!

Balaam
was blocked by God from doing something really stupid at least that time. I
believe God has used the situation I described in my life to block me from
being so insensitive to people around me from that point on.

Have you
ever been cut off at the pass? Has God blocked you from doing something that
you thought was a good thing at the time? Since that time God has blocked me
from many other things and delayed other things. I’ve come to recognize that
God indeed knows far better than I will ever know about what I should do or not
do.

Every
time God blocks us or delays us, this is a good thing! We can rejoice that God
has intervened and is at work in our lives. We can rejoice that He cares about
us personally, individually enough to stop us from what would harm us or
others.

Copyright © 2011 - 2019. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 20 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than
11,000 subscribers across the world.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
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Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please continue to pray for healing
Brandy, Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Gary Kirk, Gary Ford, Caleb Freeman, Buck
& Barbara Wright, Mariah W., Wendy Lu, Joseph C., Mary B., Vicki Dudgeon, Gwen
P., Jacqui, Johnny Davis, Jana Smithy and Jeanie. Please also pray for peace
and comfort for the Michelle Abetz family. We have been praying for Michelle
for several years and she fought a very brave fight against cancer. What a
great encourager Michelle was to me and many others!

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this is
the 1805^th

The Burning Bush Devotional

20 March 2019

Cut Off at
the Pass

Then God’s anger was aroused because he went,
and the Angel of the Lord took His
stand in the way as an adversary against him. And he was riding on his donkey,
and his two servants were with him. Now the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the way with His drawn
sword in His hand, and the donkey turned aside out of the way and went into the
field. So Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back onto the road. Then the
Angel of the Lord stood in a
narrow path between the vineyards, with a wall on this side and a wall
on that side. And when the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord, she pushed herself against the wall and crushed
Balaam’s foot against the wall; so he struck her again. Then the Angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow
place where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the
left. And when the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord,
she lay down under Balaam; so Balaam’s anger was aroused, and he struck the
donkey with his staff.

Then the Lord
opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to
you, that you have struck me these three times?” – Numbers 22:22-28 NKJV (Read
the rest of the story in Numbers 22)

You could
say that Balaam was cut off at the pass! I was once cut off at the pass by a
large group of native-Americans. It was when I was 17 or 18 years old playing
guitar in group. We played at dances all over western Oklahoma and one of those
dances was at Canton, Oklahoma where there is a large native-American
population. After the dance was over, we loaded all the equipment into the trailer;
and, I was simply tired and relieved and let out a war whoop, something I did
from time to time. However, there was a large group of native-Americans at the
dance, and they rightly took offense thinking that I was mocking or taunting
them.

Driving
off from the dance venue to the main road was a dirt road about a quarter of a
mile long. Before we reached the main road, we were cut off you could say at
the pass by a long line of native-Americans running to intercept us. They were
yelling and rocking the car and at least a couple of us were a little
frightened by this! Especially as one of them was tapping on the window with
his knife. Two of the members of our group who had booked the dance, and knew
some of those surrounding us, got out of the car and defused the situation. I
think that was the last time I ever did a war whoop!

Balaam
was blocked by God from doing something really stupid at least that time. I
believe God has used the situation I described in my life to block me from
being so insensitive to people around me from that point on.

Have you
ever been cut off at the pass? Has God blocked you from doing something that
you thought was a good thing at the time? Since that time God has blocked me
from many other things and delayed other things. I’ve come to recognize that
God indeed knows far better than I will ever know about what I should do or not
do.

Every
time God blocks us or delays us, this is a good thing! We can rejoice that God
has intervened and is at work in our lives. We can rejoice that He cares about
us personally, individually enough to stop us from what would harm us or
others.

Copyright © 2011 - 2019. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 20 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than
11,000 subscribers across the world.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please continue to pray for healing
Brandy, Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Gary Kirk, Gary Ford, Caleb Freeman, Buck
& Barbara Wright, Mariah W., Wendy Lu, Joseph C., Mary B., Vicki Dudgeon, Gwen
P., Jacqui, Johnny Davis, Jana Smithy and Jeanie. Please also pray for peace
and comfort for the Michelle Abetz family. We have been praying for Michelle
for several years and she fought a very brave fight against cancer. What a
great encourager Michelle was to me and many others!

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
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constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by
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