Many of us spend our lives trying to control outcomes.

We want certainty. We want reassurance. We want life to unfold according to our plans.

But perhaps wisdom begins when control ends.

Balaam described himself as a man whose eyes were opened.

Not a man who controlled reality.

A man who finally saw it.

Maybe the goal is not to bend life to our wishes.

Maybe the goal is to see clearly enough to walk faithfully within what is.

The desire for control closes the hand. The desire for truth opens the eyes.