God Used A Donkey!!!

In Numbers 22, you can read the whole story, but here are the basics. The people of Israel were poised to become a very powerful nation and one of the kings in the region did not take too kindly to this. He sent messengers with gold to a guy named Balaam. Balaam was an important man at the time. He was essentially a prophet or a magician who kings would consult before going into a big battle. They wanted his blessing, and were willing to pay for it. Think of him like one of the credit rating groups today who give top-notch ratings and reviews to the companies who pay them for their "research." The king wanted Balaam to come back to his kingdom, bless his men, and curse the Israelites.
Old Balaam welcomed the men and went to decide if he should bless or curse them. His reputation depended on him accurately divining the outcome of battles. God told Balaam that he was not to do as the men wanted. Balaam refused to go with them, so the king offered more money, and eventually God gave Balaam permission to go with them, but only to tell the king he didn't want his money. God's order still stood – do not take the king's side or his bribes. Balaam went, but he went with motives contrary to this. So God cooked up one his many masterful rebukes. Balaam had this donkey. She is known as "Balaam's Donkey" to most historians today. God decided to make this donkey his instrument of truth.
While Balaam was on his way to get money and get paid, God sent an angel, armed to the teeth to stand in his way. The funny thing was that Balaam, a prophet and diviner by trade was not able to see the angel. He was internationally renowned for having an eye into the spiritual world, but he couldn't see the sword-wielding angel right in front of him. However, he didn't just walk into the angel's waiting death blender. The donkey was able to see the angel. This silly little animal, useful only for carrying things in a slow and stubborn way, saw the angel. The donkey immediately saw the virtue of walking in a direction absent of a guy holding an unearthly sword and promptly turned off the road. Being blind of the truth, Balaam got mad at being carried off into a field and hit his donkey.
The angel moved in the way again, and Balaam's donkey wisely turned around again. Balaam hit her. This happened one more time before the donkey got fed up. She turned around to Balaam and voiced her concerns. Literally – she talked. What did she say? She demanded to know why Balaam kept hitting her! There was clearly a dude with a sword, was she just supposed to walk into him? It was at this time that God let Balaam catch up and showed him the angel that had been there. He was humbled and repented of his motives. He rode his donkey on to the king and stood up to him as God had told him to do.
I want to be like that donkey. She was as humble a creature as I can imagine. We don't think much of donkeys because they are plain and goofy. For God to use this particular animal as a prophet is just plain awesome. I want to be seen for the imperfect and ridiculous person that I am. Then I want for God to give me his vision. I want to be held in low esteem by the world and for God to use me to accomplish his goals. I want for God to give me the ability to speak to the world what they need to hear. And I want my life to be as fun and wonderful a story as this one