| Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. - | | | | Meekness is an incredibly tough trait to master. You |
| Matthew 5:5 | | | | can't turn meekness on or off. You either have it, or |
| The word meek is a misunderstood word. In today's | | | | you don't. Meekness is a fruit of a life that is lived in |
| culture a meek man would be viewed as someone | | | | total, desperate dependence upon God for everything, |
| who let's people walk all over him; someone who | | | | and when He provides, it is never taking credit for it. |
| doesn't have a lot of drive or vision; someone who just | | | | That is the tough part. We have to resist the urge to |
| rolls over and takes life's punches. That is far from | | | | think we had anything to do with it. Humans love to |
| what Jesus meant when he used this word. The | | | | take the limelight. If you have ever worked in the |
| Greek word literally means a person who accepts | | | | corporate setting, you know this first hand. Just watch |
| God's dealings with us as good, and therefore, without | | | | everybody jockey for recognition when the big sale is |
| disputing or resisting; someone who wholly relies upon | | | | made. |
| God and not their own strength; it is the opposite of | | | | There is a reward for meekness, and it's a big one. |
| self-assertiveness and self-interest. To be meek is to | | | | The meek will inherit the earth. I think what Jesus is |
| be a person who totally depends upon God for | | | | getting at is that the meek will enjoy the fruits of their |
| everything in life. I believe the word goes one step | | | | character in this lifetime. They won't have to wait until |
| beyond that. Meekness is also the character quality | | | | they get to heaven for this one. I think Jesus was using |
| that never takes credit for what only God can do. | | | | a paradox here. When you rely on Him, and determine |
| Moses, the meekest man on earth, got into trouble | | | | that only He will get the credit and glory for your life, |
| when he violated this principle in his life by taking | | | | then He, in turn, gives you everything. Does that sound |
| matters into his own hands in the desert and trying to | | | | familiar? Jesus said in Matthew 10:39, "Whoever loses |
| make water come out of the rock through his own | | | | his life for my sake will find it." This is strength in |
| doing. The mistake he made was setting aside his | | | | weakness. Lord, teach us to be meek--to be |
| meekness for a moment and trying to step into God's | | | | completely dependent upon You for every detail of |
| role of being the sole provider for his people. | | | | our lives. |