we have been looking at what JESUS said about happiness in HIS first sermon. in it HE gives eight attitudes that we are to have to really be happy. they are known as the beatitudes.
we have looked at the first two and now we are ready for the third one. matthew 5.5 (niv), blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
now again, from the surface it doesn’t make sense. if i’m meek i will inherit the earth. but the problem is in the definition. the word "meek" doesn't mean what it used to mean. today it's a slur. if you call a man meek, he'd be insulted. you don't put it on your resume.
so what does HE mean when HE says, "meek" ?
well it is important to see that meekness is not weakness.
there are only two men in the bible called meek – JESUS and moses and neither of them were pushovers.
meekness means strength under control.
the greek word referred to a wild horse tamed or medicine that could tame a fever. strength under control.
there was this hell's angel group that went into this bar. they walked in. there was a truck driver setting over in the corner eating his dinner. one of the hell's angels walked over to him, picked up the plate of spaghetti and smashed it on the driver's head. he took the guy's beer and poured it in his lap. the truck driver didn't do anything. got up, paid his bill and walked out. the hell's angel looked over to the bartender and said, "not much of a man is he?" the bartender said, "not much of a truck driver either. he just ran over twelve choppers going out of here!"
meekness is strength under control. JESUS said, "happy are those who don't over react to people."
just a thought from the front porch…
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