How many things do you have to do in life that are not natural for you or that are not where you are gifted? I think that one of the "not natural" areas that show up in many of our lives would be in the area of humility. Have you ever wondered why? I'm studying the devotions for our mission trip to Nicaragua and God caused me to reflect on why humility doesn't show up in my life or why it is not natural. Scripture tells us that Moses was very humble.
Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth. Numbers 12:3
What words come to mind when you think of great Christians leaders? I doubt very much if the word "meek" appears at the top of your list. We are told in Numbers 12:3 that God looked at Moses and described Moses as humble.
Moses had reasons to be humble. He did not think that he could be used by God. He had already killed a man and fled. Nothing in Scripture indicates he attracted or led anyone during the first eighty years of his life. After the murder, Moses spent the next forty years in exile in the desert of Midian, a time so uneventful that Scripture sums it up in three verses (Exodus 2:21-23).
What words come to mind when you think of great Christians leaders? I doubt very much if the word "meek" appears at the top of your list. We are told in Numbers 12:3 that God looked at Moses and described Moses as humble.
Moses had reasons to be humble. He did not think that he could be used by God. He had already killed a man and fled. Nothing in Scripture indicates he attracted or led anyone during the first eighty years of his life. After the murder, Moses spent the next forty years in exile in the desert of Midian, a time so uneventful that Scripture sums it up in three verses (Exodus 2:21-23).
21 Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
22 And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, "I have been a stranger in a foreign land."
23 Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
22 And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, "I have been a stranger in a foreign land."
23 Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
I read this morning that you don't have to be a "natural" to become a great Christian leader; you simply need a heart for God and a teachable spirit. Most of the great leaders in Scripture were made, not born. Happily for us, God is still making them today. Could you be one? Is God calling you to get off the bench and get into the game? Don't forget to take someone with you. Are you practicing radical faith?
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