Balaam struck his donkey three times for refusing to carry him forward. She could see what he could not: the angel of the Lord blocking the road with a drawn sword. God opened her mouth, and she questioned his treatment of her. Then He opened Balaam’s eyes. The angel told him that the donkey’s turning aside had saved his life. Balaam had been punishing the very creature keeping him from danger. We can become so determined to press ahead that every interruption feels like an offense. Anger comes easily when we assume we understand everything standing in our way. Balaam’s opened eyes give us reason to pause, listen, and accept correction before insisting that everyone else is the problem. The interruption we resent may be the mercy we need.
“Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.” —Numbers 22:31
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