Daily Lesson for June 28, 2022

 Today's Daily Lesson comes from Numbers chapter 22:21-31:

21So Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the officials of Moab.
22 God’s anger was kindled because he was going, and the angel of the Lord took his stand in the road as his adversary. Now he was riding on the donkey, and his two servants were with him. 23The donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand; so the donkey turned off the road, and went into the field; and Balaam struck the donkey, to turn it back on to the road. 24Then the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, with a wall on either side. 25When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it scraped against the wall, and scraped Balaam’s foot against the wall; so he struck it again. 26Then the angel of the Lord went ahead, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left. 27When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it lay down under Balaam; and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff. 28Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and it said to Balaam, ‘What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?’ 29Balaam said to the donkey, ‘Because you have made a fool of me! I wish I had a sword in my hand! I would kill you right now!’ 30But the donkey said to Balaam, ‘Am I not your donkey, which you have ridden all your life to this day? Have I been in the habit of treating you in this way?’ And he said, ‘No.’

31 Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed down, falling on his face.

Paula D'Arcy says that God comes to us disguised as our lives.

Sometimes our life is a disagreeable ass.

I think that's a good time to listen to it.

When what we think should happen, where we think we should go, whom we are intent to be against, and what we are doing just keeps on kicking us against the wall like a stubborn donkey, then maybe life knows better.

Maybe the are of the universe knows better.

May the cosmos wants us to stop, consider, pray, and change course.

May God is coming to us as our life and its time that we open our eyes to see the angel with the sword.

Ryon Price is the Senior Pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.