Humble...

Humility is an important quality. Most of us probably don’t fully grasp its importance to Gods plans.
“Now the man Moses was a quietly humble man, more so than anyone living on Earth.” ~Numbers 12:3
Aaron and Miriam started gossiping behind Moses back about his wife not being a true Jew. The talk turned into superior feelings over Moses and threatened the unity of Israel’s leadership team. So God had to intervene. I find it interesting that Gods response to them was noting that Moses was the humblest man on earth. This is especially interesting when we take into account that Moses was also responsible for more miracles of awesome proportion than any man on earth. He was known for his miracles and power, yet God saw him as humble. There is a book about ‘how great leaders fall’. In it the author gave four “A’s” of one’s demise. The last “A” into failure was ‘Adultery’. But the first “A” toward failure this author gave was ‘Arrogance’. Some people have the ability to create great results on the earth. These are things they can be proud of, but if they are not careful they can begin to feel superior to others. This is arrogance! And arrogance is the first step toward the failure cycle. God wants his children free from this particular weakness and warns us numerous times that ‘pride comes before a fall’. He wants us to chose the humble attitudes so we’ll remain dependent upon Him and so His love will always flow freely through us. ~Verlon