 The Gemara compares Abraham with Moses and King David. When he argued with God, Abraham said, “I am but dust and ashes.” In other words, total humility. Moses and Aaron say
to the Jews (Exodus 15:7), “We are, what?” – How are they describing themselves? They are even less than dust. King David speaks of himself a little better. The Gemara says, Abraham was good, Moses was better, but David is best. The reason David is best is because you have to say, “Yes, I am but dust and ashes, and I am a nothing.” But a king cannot say that he is a nothing. A king must say that he is a something. Not great, but something. The idea is that on the way to becoming something, you must first be a nothing.
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