Not Gifted but Obligated

True humility doesn't mean ignoring our strengths, but realizing that our talents, wisdom, and wealth, whether innate or even earned through hard work, are tools to use toward our mission in life, not just divine gifts for our personal pleasure.

And though there are many ways to do good, if we're gifted in a specific area this can serve as a guide toward our life mission.

The greater our particular gifts, the greater trust has been placed in us, and therefore the greater our obligation to produce results. Instead of resting on our laurels, we should be asking ourselves what we can do even better tomorrow. The good we've accomplished in the past is evidence of how much we can do in the future.

With this realization, we can remain humble despite being blessed with tremendous talents, capabilities, and resources since we'll feel we've never done enough.

Much like Moses, who despite having extraordinary spiritual capabilities of prophecy and leadership knew that these represented his tremendous obligation to act for the Jewish people while remaining the most humble of men.

"Now, this man Moses was exceedingly humble, more so than any person on the face of the earth." Numbers 12:3