Donkey Speaks for God

When King Balak, the king of the Moabites, wanted to destroy Israel, he called upon Balaam to call down a curse upon them but every time he tried to call down a curse on Israel (Num 22:6), he ended up blessing them (Num 23:11).

So at the request of King Balak Balaam went but this didn’t please God at all and in fact angered Him

Balaam was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand.

There was no way to turn either to the right or to the left. When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam. And Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff”

That was all that the donkey could take from Balaam because it wasn’t the donkey’s fault so “Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam,

“What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”

Finally “the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, with his drawn sword in his hand. And he bowed down and fell on his face.

Today God still speaks to us but not through donkeys or through stones nor through walls but in His written Word the Bible.

You have no need to hear a word from the Lord from someone else because we have the Bible and we have pastors, group leaders, and Bible study and Sunday school teachers.

The Word of God is the clearest, most distinct voice of God there is and we should believe that…even if you hear a donkey tell you something else.