When I think of myself in relation to the great heroes of faith like Abraham, Moses and the apostle Paul, my first thought is, "I'm no Abraham, Moses or Paul." I don't think of it as an excuse for not rising to their level, but rather as being real.
You, no doubt, feel the same way. We could never be expected to rise to the level of such great biblical characters. However, truth be told, they never thought they could rise to that level - and they were right. What? They did rise to that level. No, actually they were raised to that level.
Look at what God told Abram, whose name he changed to Abraham to reflect his new future, "I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing" (Gen 12:2). It took 25 years of developing Abram before he was ready to become Abraham.
At 40, Moses killed an oppressive Egyptian task-master and tried to settle a dispute between two Hebrew slaves. He found he wasn't even up to the task of being a minor judge,melt alone the leader of the entire nation. It took 40 years of conditioning in Midian before God called him to return to Egypt and become that leader.
Saul of Tarsus had no inclination of being an apostle, he wasn't even a disciple. Instead, he was a bounty hunter of sorts for the Hugh Priest, trying to help eradicate Israel of Christians. When Jesus stopped him on the road to Damascus to ordain him as apostle, he was not equipped only called. Paul would spend three years with The Lord in Arabia before prepared to join the apostles in Jerusalem.
We are not Abraham, Moses or Paul; we are each who God has made us to be and we are called to do what he wills us to do. He may never call us to their level of service, but he will equip us to the level unto which we are called. But remember, we may be years or decades in preparation. Who knows what God is preparing and equipping you for at this very moment. Jus' Sayn.
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