Can you hear The Lord? - Numbers 22

“So Balak son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time, ⁵ sent messengers to summon Balaam… Balak said:… ⁶ Now come and put a curse on these people, because they are too powerful for me… For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.” ... When they came to Balaam, they told him what Balak had said.

⁸ “Spend the night here,” Balaam said to them, “and I will report back to you with the answer the Lord gives me.”…

¹² But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on those people, because they are blessed.”

…¹⁵ Then Balak sent other officials …and said: Do not let anything keep you from coming to me, ¹⁷ because I will reward you handsomely and do whatever you say. Come and put a curse on these people for me.” ¹⁸ But Balaam answered them, “Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not do anything great or small to go beyond the command of the Lord my God. ¹⁹ Now spend the night here so that I can find out what else the Lord will tell me.”

²⁰ That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, go with them, but do only what I tell you.”

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.²⁶ Then the angel of the Lord moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left.

 ²⁷ When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat it with his staff.

 ²⁸ Then THE LORD OPENED THE DONKEY’S MOUTH, and IT said to Balaam, “What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?”

Three times this prophet was called in to curse the people of God; with the offer of a big sum of money. One thing he was careful to do was not to get tangle up with his words before inquiring God’s will about it. Because he could have agreed to go immediately; but instead he decided to pray first. But when the Lord, said NO; then he was sure God’s will was; so it was easy for him to dismiss this Moabite King’s servants. For God had chosen for him. The second time, again, he decided to inquire from the Lord, and God chose for him again; only this time God said to go but only to speak what HE would direct him to say.

There are several golden nuggets here… because sometimes we are too quick to talk, and it this can get us in big trouble if we aren’t careful. But this man was convinced, he was determined that in order to do God’s will he would have to inquire from God Himself.  Can I ask you, how determined are you to hear what God’s will for your life is? When was the last time after someone invited you to go fishing, hunting, shopping or perhaps visiting someone at the hospital, you answered, “let me see what God wants me to do and I’ll get back with you?” 

Sometimes when God speaks we aren’t tuned in with Him or the way He is using is kind of unconventional and we “can't” hear Him, then what? We ignore, until the obvious happens, God takes the scales off of our eyes, and he get to realize that there are no impossible for Him. Its just another way for HIM to show us, that even the impossible is possible with God! HE HAVE TO BELIEVE this!!!

And that’s what happened next in Balaam’s life, although Balaam was convinced to hear from God and to do HIS will, this next time wasn’t that easy.  After following God’s direction Balaam goes as God had instructed him; he got on his donkey, and on its way suddenly the donkey bolted off the road into a field, and instead of asking himself what’s all this about, he just beat the donkey to get back on the road. Then a second time the donkey acted “weird”, for it tried to squeeze himself thru a narrow road and crushed Balaam’s foot, against the wall, so he beat the donkey a second time!  Then one more time, the donkey acts up, and Balaam beat the donkey a third time, but then, THE ANIMAL TALKED back!

Can you believe this, an animal talking, what’s this a cartoon? ABSOLUTELY NO! It’s just that we have to understand that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE when it comes from GOD!

So the next time you think you heard from God and an “inconvenience” shows up in your life, please take a minute, and ask God if He is trying to tell you something; do not be surprise if HE chooses an unconventional way to get your attention!

I’m praying for a mighty revelation of God in your life; one that give you the determination of believing the impossible if God is at it; and I pray you enjoy this beautiful day that THE LORD created for us today, to exalt HIS name. For this is the day that THE LORD had made, just rejoice and be glad in it; and I pray in JESUS name and for HIS glory, AMEN!!!