God uses Balaam’s donkey to remind Balaam that he has completely lost spiritual focus. This message raises the question, “Who are the donkeys in your life?”

God's plan for his people was for them to look up in faith to His way of salvation. Only when we look up in faith will we be taken out of slavery.

The Story of Blondin Video watched during sermon: https://youtu.be/9H-yrfmqmGc

The refusal of the Israelites to trust that God was going to give them the promised land was the greatest act of rebellion in their history. In response to this rebellion God demonstrates His strength.

When the Israelites get to the promised land, and the spys go out, the nation is faced with the greatest battle in book of Numbers – but they don’t even lift a weapon!

In our walk with God it can become easy to have an attitude of ingratitude – where we forget all that God has done for us. It can be an attitude which brings us into the wilderness.

As we make our way through the wilderness we need to trust that what may seem chaotic, disorderly, frantic and a place of brokenness is actually God’s perfectly timed and perfectly ordered will to fully bring you through the journey.

Just prior to setting off from Sinai to Canaan the Israelites are reminded to look back on their offering, their redemption, and the promise of victory. As they go through the wilderness they will keep needing to look back so that they can look forward to the victory trumpet sound.

The vows, and calling, of the Nazirites are introduced for the first time in Scripture. These vows are the strictest which any Israelite can make, even stricter than that required by High Priest, yet the wilderness is the place where even the best fail. The wilderness is not the place to rely on myself

The wilderness is the place to rely on God.

The Levites are set apart by God with the responsibility to transport, and minister in, the tabernacle. Their ministry is to remind us that, when we are in the wilderness, we need to keep the Word of God central.

The set-up of the camp of the Israelites is specifically designed to make sure God is in the centre – when God is not in the centre the wilderness becomes a place of brokenness.