Today's reading encompassed the story where Balaam's donkey spoke to him. Specifically the verse says "Then the Lord caused the donkey to speak". God can do anything. We limit Him by our unbelief. I'm not saying that if we believed, our dog could talk; I'm saying that God created everything and can do whatever He wants.
Chapter 25 begins with:
1 While the Israelites were camped at Acacia Grove, some of the men defiled themselves by having sexual relations with local Moabite women. 2 These women invited them to attend sacrifices to their gods, so the Israelites feasted with them and worshiped the gods of Moab. 3 In this way, Israel joined in the worship of Baal of Peor, causing the Lord’s anger to blaze against his people.
Then, right before their eyes, one of the Israelite men came into the camp with a Midianite woman. Another named Phinehas, when he saw what this man did, took a spear and rammed it through the man and the woman, killing them both. Here was God's response:
10 Then the Lord said to Moses, 11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron the priest has turned my anger away from the Israelites by being as zealous among them as I was. So I stopped destroying all Israel as I had intended to do in my zealous anger. 12 Now tell him that I am making my special covenant of peace with him. 13 In this covenant, I give him and his descendants a permanent right to the priesthood, for in his zeal for me, his God, he purified the people of Israel, making them right with me.”
God is looking for people zealous for His name.
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Zeal for God can produce some incredible blessings... If only all of us lived so fully for God, our blessings would fill our lives... We will on the New Earth, but I want it now.
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