Buddy Champion said Moses had a lot of interesting chapters in his story. He was orphaned, anger-filled and struggled at times to speak well — but God still used him in a mighty way.
And Moses ended up with an interesting descriptor in Numbers 12:3, said Champion, president of the Alabama Baptist State Convention.
“It says, ‘There was no one on the face of the earth more humble than Moses,’” he said during his president’s address at the convention’s annual meeting Nov. 14. “What Moses was able to do wasn’t about who Moses was — it was about who God was.”
Champion said he believes this is the key for why God was able to use Moses.
Humility
“God found someone who was more humble than anyone else on the earth, and He said, ‘I believe I can use that life,’” he said. “Could it be that that same truth applies to our lives today?”
Champion said he wondered what could happen if Alabama Baptists were the “most humble people in America” and depended completely on the work of God.
“Could it be God could take us in our homes and our fellowships and make a Moses? Could God take not us but our humility before Him and do something extraordinary?”
He said some may think, “Well, that was a one-time thing,” but Champion pointed those who were listening to 1 Peter 5:5–7, which includes the truth that “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
In this together
He said Alabama Baptists have been a family of God with a common focus — the Great Commission.
“We have a community who cares for one another — we’re not in competition with one another,” Champion said. “We’re in this Kingdom work together. We are for each other and we care about what God is doing in each other’s lives.”
He challenged them to continue to work toward their Kingdom goal with humility, not with selfish agendas.
After reading from Philippians 2 about Christ taking on the form of a servant, Champion brought out a bowl and a towel and knelt on the stage as a visual representation of Jesus’ humility in washing the feet of His disciples.
“The King of Kings and Lord of Lords humbled Himself and moved around the floor from dirty foot to dirty foot,” he said. “Your attitude should be the very same as Christ Jesus, who humbled Himself even to the point of death on a cross. … When was the last time you humbled yourself and got dirty for the cause of Christ?”
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