Numbers 22:28

The Message

Then God gave speech to the donkey. She said to Balaam: “What have I ever done to you that you have beat me these three times?”

Cross References

Exodus 4:11

God said, “And who do you think made the human mouth? And who makes some mute, some deaf, some sighted, some blind? Isn’t it I, God? So, get going. I’ll be right there with you—with your mouth! I’ll be right there to teach you what to say.”

Numbers 22:29

Balaam said, “Because you’ve been playing games with me! If I had a sword I would have killed you by now.”

Romans 8:22

All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it’s not only around us; it’s within us. The Spirit of God is arousing us within. We’re also feeling the birth pangs. These sterile and barren bodies of ours are yearning for full deliverance. That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don’t see what is enlarging us. But the longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy.