Acting as Moshe

That was Moshe’s unique ability. When the people complained to him, he told them: “... and we, what are we? Your complaints are not against us, but against G-d.” He did not see himself personally as part of the picture at all. He had one goal: to communicate G-d’s message and motivate others to carry it out. In our own lives, each one of us can be a Moshe in a certain sense, for we all have spheres of influence where others look up to us for guidance and direction. If what we give them is ourselves, then our message will have a limited scope. But if we can rise above ourselves and communicate G-dly truth, our message will have universal appeal.

Reprinted from the Parshat B0 5786 edition of Living Jewish.