15 Feb 2024
This is from Matt.5:5.
Meekness is not a weakness; it is a controlled desire to see the other’s interests advance ahead of one’s own. Moses was known as the meekest man who ever lived, in the OT, and his meekness is demonstrated by his refusal to defend himself, by his controlled self-commitment to the Lord when his person and privilege were under attack. But it is Jesus himself who is the only one who could ever say with integrity,….”Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble at heart, and you will find rest for your souls(Matt.11:28b).
We are told that the meek will inherit the earth. God’s kingdom comes not to the strong and the powerful, but to the meek, the gentle and the unpretentious. To them is given the right to live with God forever. God is a God of grace, who opens his kingdom to the spiritually bankrupt, to those who know that they have nothing to offer, to those who humble themselves under his mighty hand.
Meekness accepts things the way they come at us; it does not quarrel with God when discerning aspects of his provision. Instead, meekness acknowledges that God knows what he is doing and that he makes all things work together for good for those who love him – even if at this present moment things do not appear to be working well at all. A person who is meek accepts the way God orders things and such meekness, Apostle James says, is a mark of wisdom (James 313).