Number 22:26 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.

Balaam was trying to do things the way he wanted to; but God had other ideas and knew the only way to get through to him would be by extraordinary measures.

God chose the donkey to receive the message because Balaam was not listening to the instructions God gave him.

God also chose the exact place to get the message across by making sure Balaam would not be able to go anywhere else!

Don’t be surprised if God picks the most inopportune moment to give you a message!

Matthew 7:14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Jesus has warned us that life is not going to be like driving without a care down a deserted motorway! Life is going to be like driving down narrow country roads with all manner of obstacles and dangers!

We do have to watch out and be aware of the things which may trap us or trip us up. We can avoid many of them if we are willing to ‘drive’ carefully in our lives too!

Not many are going to choose the narrow country roads because of the pitfalls and things which are waiting – but that is the road which does lead to where God wants us to be!

Matthew 7:8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

If you wanted to delivery a parcel to another house, would you simply walk up to the door and wait, or would you knock or ring the doorbell?

Unless we request some sort of response, we are probably not going to get any response. Knock and find out what the answer is!

We need to take the steps to go forward and find out what Christ has in store for us – we need to knock, and we need to look around and find out things.

Don’t wait for God to do everything for you; He is already waiting for you to knock!