Paul’s Example of Humility

By: Jack Wellman

 The Bible records that “the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the 

face of the earth” (Num 12:3), and that’s saying a lot! Imagine being the meekest man on earth, 

and I don’t believe you can be prideful while being meek, but meekness and humility are from the 

same mind. We had better not associate meekness with weaknesses, because Moses was 

anything but week. He was a shepherd in some of the harshest lands there were, often walking,

 tending sheep, and doing all sorts of work associated with being a shepherd, so Moses was not 

weak. Andre the Giant was a huge man who was a former professional wrestler, but when he was 

on the set, he was as quiet as a mouse. Anyone that knew him knew that he was a very humble, 

meek man, but would anyone think that Andre the Giant was weak? By all means, no, so being

 meek doesn’t mean being weak. It means being small in your own eyes. When God was ready to 

wipe out Israel for being disobedient, again, God said, “Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath 

may burn hot against them and I may consume them, in order that I may make a great nation of 

you” (Ex 32:10). How many of us would say, “Hey, God, that’s a great idea. You’ll make a great 

nation after me? I like that.” Moses shows us where his heart is as he begins to intercede, sort of 

like a mediator, on behalf of Israel. Moses reminds God that He promised Abraham that He would 

make of him a great nation (Ex 32:13), so thanks to Moses, Israel was not consumed and “the 

Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened” (Ex 32:14).