Stubborn or Submissive?

Not horse sense; donkey talk…

“Then the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, ‘What I have done to you, that you have struck me these three times?’ And Balaam said to the donkey, ‘It is because you have made a mockery of me! If only there had been a sword in my hand! For I would have killed you by now!’ But the donkey said to Balaam, ‘Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden all your life to this day? Have I ever been in the habit of doing such a thing to you?’ And he said, ‘No.’

Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed all the way to the ground. Then the angel of the LORD said to him, ‘Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way was reckless and contrary to me. But the donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away from me, I certainly would have killed you just now, and let her live.’ So Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, ‘I have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing in the way against me. Now then, if it is displeasing to you, I will turn back.’ But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, ‘Go with the men, but you shall speak only the word that I tell you (Numbers 22:28-35a NASB).”

God will get His messages across. We can be stubborn or submissive.