Have you ever wondered why God chooses to use this person instead of that person? What sort of person does God choose to use?
Read Numbers 12:3 and journal your thoughts
First of all, as you read this, I hope your translation says “humble” and not “meek”. There is a subtle difference that we’ll talk about later on. Secondly, I hope you understand that God doesn’t only choose to use the humble, He’s God, He can choose to use whoever he wants (See Samson). While God can choose to use anyone He wants there is something about Moses that was different, that He chooses him to lead the Hebrews out of slavery.
What made Moses so different was his humility. For Moses, it’s not that he was humble that made him different, what made him different is that humility was his core characteristic. It’s simply who he was. To really grasp how humble Moses was, we need to look at the context of this statement. Moses isn’t just being humble while he’s in exile, but we are in the book of Numbers. He’s led the Hebrews out of Egypt, he is currently leading them. Not only that, but he’s been speaking to God face to face (Exodus 33:11). That is some bragging rights, right there, but still Moses is humble. Humble enough to be called “more humble than anyone on the face of the earth.”
Today pray that God would help you not only to be humble, but that humility would be a natural part of your life
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