Abraham Lincoln experienced many defeats and terrible losses in his life before becoming our most beloved President. He understood repeated failure and suffering up close. In light of that he said: “How we handle success is a greater challenge to our character than how we handle defeat or failure.” Indeed. God dedicates a whole chapter to the deadliness of success to a life in Deuteronomy 8—the dilemma of our pride and apathy toward God when He blesses us. Few handle it well. This weekend we are going to take a first look at Moses in Hebrews 11, a man raised in affluence, luxury, opportunity and early successes—who still maintained as his primary life mission his submission to the living God against all odds. Even when it meant turning his back on all of it. How did he do it?