I feel so worried at times.

[Classik]

After reading the OT and NT accounts of the people that served God willingly and faithfully, I tend to kind of unconsciously compare and contrast between the bible men and women vs. the men and women of our day, in a manner that tries to suggest that I have more regards and deep respect for the bible guys than our people today…this is as if we don’t match up with them. That is ridiculous and strange, right? I realized that some of us also hold higher esteem for them than our people today, too.

Are some of us having the same issue too? It is not that it is something one deliberately does. It is probably a feeling we derived right from our childhood when we listened to the stories of those biblical heroes.

e.g one may think:
Whatever you say a little baby will never believe that all American soldiers with their guns and whatever can defeat a single Samson, whatever we think nothing compares to the level of humility Moses had, Job's sufferings, Paul's steadfastness in the Vine Yard etc...hope we get the idea?

Are those characters kind of very special? more important?

I hope the answer is NO

Well. I think I should slow down on threads. lol

 

[Deborah13]

After reading the OT and NT accounts of the people that served God willingly and faithfully, I tend to kind of unconsciously compare and contrast between the bible men and women vs. the men and women of our day, in a manner that tries to suggest that I have more regards and deep respect for the bible guys than our people today…this is as if we don’t match up with them. That is ridiculous and strange, right? I realized that some of us also hold higher esteem for them than our people today, too.

Are some of us having the same issue too? It is not that it is something one deliberately does. It is probably a feeling we derived right from our childhood when we listened to the stories of those biblical heroes.

e.g one may think:
Whatever you say a little baby will never believe that all American soldiers with their guns and whatever can defeat a single Samson, whatever we think nothing compares to the level of humility Moses had, Job's sufferings, Paul's steadfastness in the Vine Yard etc...hope we get the idea?

Are those characters kind of very special? more important?

I hope the answer is NO

Well. I think I should slow down on threads. lol

I think it was part of God's plan that we would have His heroes and heroines to look up to. It's good for kids to have them, meaning kids of all ages, from 0-120 or more.

 

[Eugene]

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Brother Classic, you've picked out some real examples, but are they better than us with the gifts we have, or do they have opportunity for better reward than us?
Heb 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Heb 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
Heb 11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Your walk with God may be way more impressive to our Father as His work in progress than you have capacity to realize at this present time. Hey, we ain't home yet, and just wait until you observe all God has prepared for you in Jesus.

 

[evenifigoalone]

It feels like you could never measure up to their example, eh? It's good to remember they were human, too, and dealt with a lot of the same issues. (David had some major problems, probably some of them are bigger mistakes than some of us would be prone to make, but is still called a man after God's heart.) Even if their examples are overall exceptional, at least what we were told of them. Sometimes people really do push things farther than most. It gives a goal to work towards, I guess, or at least an idea of what applying your life to God might look like.