how do I become more like Moses, the meekest of all men?

Question

Numbers12:3 And the man Moses was by far the meekest of all the men who were upon the surface of the ground

i was speaking more of the term under the way it was applied to Moses by Jehovah!

Answer 1

This is a very good question, because it can mean our very life.

Noteworthy was Moses’ humility. He was “the meekest of all the men who were upon the surface of the ground.” (Numbers 12:3.) Moses was thus willing to admit his mistakes. He writes of his own negligence in failing to have his son circumcised. (Exodus 4:24-26) He candidly relates his failure to give God glory on one occasion and the devastating punishment God meted out. (Numbers 20:2-12; Deuteronomy 1:37) Further, Moses was willing to take suggestions from others. (Exodus 18:13-24) Would not husbands, fathers, and other men in authority do well to imitate Moses?

God's Word advises us to "Seek Jehovah, all you meek ones of the earth, who have practiced His own judicial decision. Seek righteousness, seek meekness. Probably you may be concealed in the day of Jehovah’s anger." (Zephaniah 2:3.)
Why Seek Meekness? Meekness is the quality of being of mild character, free from arrogance or conceit. It is closely related to other virtues, such as humility and mildness. That being so, meek persons are teachable and are willing to accept discipline from God’s hand, even though it may seem grievous for the moment.—Psalms 25:9; Hebrews 12:4-11.

In itself meekness may have little to do with one’s education or station in life. However, those who are highly educated or successful in a worldly way tend to feel that they are qualified to make decisions for themselves in everything, even in matters of worship. This can hinder them from allowing another person to teach them something or from accepting counsel and making necessary changes in their lives. Others who are materially rich may fall into the erroneous thinking that their security lies in their material possessions. Hence, they feel no need for the spiritual riches from God’s Word, the Bible.—Matthew 4:4; 5:3; 1 Timothy 6:17.

No matter what one’s background may be or how one may now feel about the message from the Bible, the words of Zephaniah still apply. If one wants to be approved by God and be guided by his Word, meekness is indispensable.

Meekness and humility will enable us increase the probability of our being “concealed in the day of Jehovah’s anger” and being among the meek who “will inherit the earth.”—Zephaniah 2:3; Matthew 5:5.

“The meek ones themselves will possess the earth, and they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.” (Psalms 37:11) In both a spiritual and a literal sense, “the meek ones will eat and be satisfied.”—Psalms 22:26.

If you would like further information or a free home Bible study, please contact Jehovah's Witnesses at the local Kingdom Hall. Or visit http://www.watchtower.org

Answer 2

Be a hermit, go live on the desert for 40 years. Meek, mine Ars*,
old Charlton Heston didn't look meek to me when he was emulating Moses. Not even when his followers were starving.

But you might have something there, cause after Heston played that role, he acted like he was still Moses and he sermonized and was holier than thou the rest of his days! Like, I'll surrender this rifle over my own dead body. Meek huh!

Answer 3

Easy - go to the Red Sea and raise your arms high over your head.....when nothing happens, you'll be just like Moses, cuz he never parted the Red Sea neither....

Did you know that Napoleon Bonaparte also walked across the Red Sea?? Happened in 1799 - look it up if you dont beleive me. But is he considered a man of God? No..... Then how'd he do it?? Easy - its a completely natural phenomenon, which the stone age idiots attributed to a sky pixie... Its called wind and hydrodynamics...

Answer 4

Moses was, by no means, the meekest of all men. He started his career in leadership by killing an egyptian slave driver in defense of a Jewish man.

Answer 5

Well, for starters, you could give up trying to be the meekest of all men. That's definitely not a meek aspiration.

Answer 6

Moses made mistakes in his youth, perhaps because of conceit regarding his good looks and/or powerful speech:
(Acts 7:20) Moses was born, and he was divinely beautiful.
(Hebrews 11:23) Moses was hid ...because they saw the young child was beautiful
(Acts 7:22) Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. In fact, he was powerful in his words and deeds.

However, Moses seems to have been unique in that he applied discipline whenever and from wherever that discipline came. For example, the 40-year-old Moses was chastised by an unnamed Jew and recognized the truth in those words so that he remained in exile for 40 years. -See Acts 7:27-29

Also, Moses was quick to see and follow the wisdom in the suggestion of his father-in-law Jethro, who was not even a Jew.
(Exodus 18:13-25) Moses sat down as usual to serve as judge for the people, and the people kept standing before Moses from the morning till the evening. 14 And Moses’ father-in-law got to see all that he was doing for the people. So he said: “What kind of business is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone continue sitting and all the people continue taking their stand before you from morning till evening?” ...Immediately Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said. 25 And Moses proceeded to choose capable men out of all Israel and to give them positions as heads over the people, as chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties and chiefs of tens.

If you want to become more meek, look for discipline all around you. Read the bible looking for areas in which you personally can improve. Associate with godly people, and develop a reputation as a person who listens to counsel. Pray that the Almighty continues your training program, and softens your heart to continued discipline.

Answer 7

Moses, at first, had quite a temper, and hot-headedly did a lot of things. It was his encounter with God that eventually turned him meek.

Best bet, I'd think, would be to pray to be more meek. But if you're not meek, that's fine. God made you the way you are for a reason. ^_^

Answer 8

Moses served a great purpose, but he was slightly dumber than a rock. I grossed out my son a few weeks ago, when I told him this.

Let me explain. If you don't like this, read it in the Bible for yourself. I am not making it up.

For every other prophet God sent an angel who talked to him a few minutes, and he would spend the rest of his life following those one time instructions. God had to come down and live in a ark, and follow Mose around for 40 years, and remind him and tell him what to do every single day. And he still couldn't get it right.

And, he was so inept, God had to send his brother to do his talking for him.

Moses went up the mountain and he was there a very long time. What was he doing? He was trying to bring down Ten lousy, short commandments. If you were there, tell me how long would it take for you to memorize them, a few minutes in some cases. Did he just memorize them and let stone cutters put them on stones?

Nope, he obviously couldn't memorize them, so God had to teach him how to write so he could put them on stones. "Hey, God, show me how to write 'Thou shalt not' again."

Then, after that, when he came down and found the Hebrew people acting like a bunch of modern high school kids, he was so dumb, he threw a tantrum and tossed his 40 days work at them, and broke it. So, why couldn't he pick up rocks, hey it was a mountain side, and throw them at them.

Then, after taking 40 days to write on those stones, did he remember what they said so he could have Hebrew stone cutters make them again -- hey, those guys had been making pyramids for the Pharoah! NO! Moses had to go back up the mountain and have God show him how to write again. "How do I write Thou shalt not" TEN MORE TIMES!!!

So, why did God's prophet not get to go into the Promised land? God told him POINT YOUR STAFF AT THE ROCK AND WATER WILL COME OUT SO THE PEOPLE WON'T DIE OF THIRST.

He couldn't even follow that simplest instruction, so he took his staff and beat the crap out of the rock. At that, after 40 years, God didn't allow him to cross into the Promised Land.

I mean no disrespect at all. Moses served a great function, but this is the truth.

Answer 9

Simple, Embrace Islam.....

Answer 10

He may have been meek, but he sure made one hell of a hurdler.