Numbers 22:21-25
21 Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his
donkey and went with the Moabite officials.22 But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the Lord stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. 23 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, it turned off the road into a field. Balaam beat it to get it back on the road. 24 Then the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path through the vineyards, with walls on both sides. 25 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat the donkey again.
Reflection
The scripture today points that God becomes angry with Balaam. The reason God is upset is because Balaam is not listening and trying to go his own way, on his own terms. Many times in our lives, we say to God and other people that we can do things ourselves and do it our way. Interestingly in our scripture today, God tries to keep Balaam from making a mistake. Have you ever felt like you were running into a brick wall and that something was trying to hold you back? What do think about the possibility that in some of those situations God is trying to tell us to go a different way?
