Jer 12:5 need help with this verse...

bentelkenesia

"If you have run with the footmen,and they have wearied you,then how can you contend with the horses?' *(Jer 12:5)

well i was reading this verse and i didn't get the meaning of it
can someone explain this verse to me
thanks

Unknown

There's a bible study on Jeremiah avaiable somewhere on this site

shnoda

i think it means that everyone should not try to do things over his ability,as if i couldnot do something i shouldnot try to do what is harder or more difficult.this what our early fathers tought us that we should go forward in our spiritual life step by step and not to rush.