“No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn.”
Isaiah 54:17
God is breaking every curse and silencing every lie spoken against you. The enemy has no power over a child of God because you are covered by His grace and favor.
“How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the Lord has not denounced?” Numbers 23:8.
In this verse, Balaam is speaking after being led to curse the enemies of Balak, the king of Moab. Balaam refuses to curse those who God has not cursed, or to denounce those who the Lord has not denounced.
Translations
- King James Version (KJV): “How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?”
- New International Version (NIV): “How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?”
- New Living Translation (NLT): “But how can I curse those whom God has?”
The sense is, that it was impossible for him to curse those that God did not curse himself, or would not have cursed by others; not but that he had a good will to it, to get Balak’s money and honour, but he knew not how to accomplish it; yea, he saw it was in vain to attempt it, it was a thing that could not possibly be done: God does not, nor will he curse his spiritual Israel; they are blessed by him in Christ, and they shall be blessed; nor is it in the power of their enemies to curse them, or do them any harm: the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem, instead of God and the Lord in this and the following clause, use the phase,
“the Word of the Lord;”
the essential Word, the Son of God, who is so far from cursing his people, that he has delivered them from the curses of the law, being made a curse for them, that the blessings of the everlasting covenant of grace might come upon them; and they are blessed of God in him, and for his sake, with all spiritual blessings:
or how shall I defy whom the Lord hath not defied?
which is the same thing in other words, only this last word is expressive of more contempt and indignation.
The devil may try to bring fear, doubt, and confusion, but he cannot touch what God has already blessed.
Galatians 3:13 reminds us that “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us.” Every curse was broken when Jesus died on the cross. His sacrifice set you free!
Stand firm in faith! Every negative word, every plan of the enemy, and every curse is being destroyed in Jesus’ name. You are a child of God, victorious, chosen, and protected. No force of darkness can overpower what God has planned for your life.
God bless you abundantly.