The Lord Speaks When We're Too Blind to See

Numbers 22:31 Then 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. 32 And the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you because your way is perverse before me. 33 The donkey saw me and turned aside before me these three times. If she had not turned aside from me, surely just now I would have killed you and let her live.” 34 Then Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, “I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood in the road against me. Now therefore, if it is evil in your sight, I will turn back.” 35 And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but speak only the word that I tell you.” So Balaam went on with the princes of Balak.

This chapter begins the intriguing account of Balaam during the wilderness wanderings of Israel.  He had "sold out" his people to prophesy against them, and in the preceding paragraph we are told God was angry. He sent His Angel to block the way, but Balaam was oblivious.  Finally, the angel of the Lord speaks and shows Balaam has blind he had been.  How often are we that way?  So gun-ho on our own paths that we ignore what God has to show us.  He then speaks - maybe even shouts - that we are on the wrong path. Do we hear Him? Do we listen?  May He open our eyes and ears to what He has so obviously put in our path.