-February 15, 2022-
Good morning, happy Tuesday,
“Now the man Moses was a very humble, more than all men who were in the face of the earth.”
(Numbers 12:3).
Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible as well as Psalm 90. Today’s verse represents what God thought of him. Though Moses was a strong man of God and leader, he was the most humble man on the face of the earth. Nowadays in our world, strength and humility do not often go together. He, like us, was not perfect. Sadly, because he struck the rock instead of speaking to the rock, God allowed him to see the Promised Land from a far but he could not enter it.
In the context of chapter 12, his own family criticized him for marrying an Ethiopian woman, and took it as far saying in Numbers 12:2, “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us also?” Aaron, was Moses’ brother and high priest, and Miriam, his sister and leader among the women, were the two that wanted something that God did not give them or call them to. Our sinful nature is still the same today. Instead of accepting our spiritual gifts and using them to serve others, we get envious and jealous, and want what others have. Even the disciples discussed on more than one occasion which one of them was the greatest.
God heard the criticism of Aaron and Miriam and was very displeased. He called them and Moses to stand before Him. God was angry with them and rebuked them for their criticism of Moses. He punished them by making Miriam a leper for one week and made her dwell outside the camp. Moses prayed for her much like Job prayed for his three misguided friends after God restored and blessed him. It is one thing to be criticized unjustly by one’s enemies, it is quite another to be criticized by one family or friends. The wounds from the latter hurt more.
Moses was humble and did not defend himself, God defended him. God also said of Moses, “Here now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream. Not so with My servant Moses; He is faithful in all my house. I speak to him face to face, even plainly, and not in dark sayings; and he sees the form of the Lord. Why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses” (Numbers 12:6-8). Christians should not criticize their leaders, but rather pray for them and support them.
We see that God thought very highly of Moses and when it came time for him to die, God buried him. No one knows exactly where to this day, though it was somewhere in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth Peor, according to Deuteronomy 34:6. Can you imagine God conducting your funeral? In a sense He does so with us when we die and enter the presence of the Lord. Our death is precious to Him.
We should all seek to be humble as Moses was. Moses sought the Lord’s will, obeyed the Lord fully, and gave the Lord all the glory. He sought no glory for himself. Jesus said in the Beatitudes, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth” (Matthew 5:5). God delights in the humble and exalts them.
There are others that God describes in the Scripture: Job as a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil; He said there is none like him on earth; He said of Solomon that he surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom; Abraham was the friend of God; and David was a man after God’s own heart. How would He describe you?
Have a blessed day walking humbly with God and for Him today. One day at the Judgment Seat of Christ, our Lord Jesus Christ will review and reward us for our faithful service. Stay safe and healthy.
In the service of the King,
Dean
Dean Allen's Daily Devotional 