Are we serving the Lord faithfully like a donkey?

Balaam saw the Lord's angel standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand,

but when his donkey spoke to him, Balaam said,

"If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now"

(Num. 22:23, 29).

The donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with a drawn sword

and tried to save its master by disobeying Balaam's commands,

even enduring being struck three times with a staff (vv. 23-27).

Yet Balaam, who had served his master faithfully all his life (v. 30),

said to the donkey, "If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now" (v. 29).

Balaam was worse than his donkey.

Jesus, for us who are worse than animals,

rode on a donkey and entered Jerusalem (Mt. 21:7-10).

The donkey Jesus rode was not like Balaam's donkey,

which did not try to save Jesus.

Instead, it obeyed and carried Jesus, the Son of God, the Passover lamb,

who was obedient to the Father

and resembled a lamb led to the slaughter (Isa. 53:7).

Are we truly serving the Lord faithfully

like the donkey ridden by Balaam and the donkey ridden by Jesus?