Balak was surprised and disappointed. He therefore bethought himself of limiting the seer’s vision, so that he might see an attenuated Israel from a height that commanded only a partial view of the camp. How often we try to see only what we want to see! How often we shut our eyes to a rival’s real merits! Instead of entering into God’s great thoughts we shut ourselves up in a tiny limited world. We will not acknowledge what our pride does not want

to acknowledge. We are like children building sandcastles against the tide. You had better bring your mind-to harmonize with God’s facts than minimize or evade their truth. You are hurting yourself, but can never alter them. Take God’s way and be at peace!

- Let us ponder verse 21—it-is as we are in God’s purpose; and verse 23—when faced by our enemies; and verse 24—when most convinced of our helplessness.