Numbers 22:28 And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? 29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
There are times when after persons have prayed for a particular answer, that a multitude of foreboding circumstances ensue, and in such instances, we may be prone to blame the devil wrongfully, when it may actually be God, standing in the way, to prevent us from making some fatal mistake.
We have to be very, very careful of making satan the default setting for blame, when things to not go the way we expected or desired. The fact of the matter is that if God’s answer to us is a “Yes” on a particular matter, there is really very little satan could do to prevent the answer from coming true.
When David was first anointed king, and Saul got wind of it he went after David and hunted him down like a wild beast, but at every turn the efforts of Saul only deepened the confirmation of the blessing, and it reached a climax where Saul himself was moved to confess that there is nothing he could do to stop the blessing.
1st Samuel 26:17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. 21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. 25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So, David went on his way and Saul returned to his place.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!