Christ was meek: The Lord Jesus said, Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart (Matt. 11:29). He is our great example in meekness. He demonstrated it every step of His journey down here. He was: mild, patient, calm, and gentle. He was insulted, mistreated, and still He said nothing. They spat upon Him, buffeted Him, pressed cruel thorns into His brow, and nailed Him to that dreadful cross. Who, when He was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously (1 Pet. 2:23). While Christ was meek in His own cause, He could be sharp when it came to the cause of His Father. He was not easy on the money changers in the temple (John 2:14-17), and was not mild when dealing with the Pharisees and scribes, who made a great profession to godliness, yet by their actions proved their hearts were far from God (Matt. 23:13- 36). Moses was meek: We read of Moses that he was the meekest man in all the earth (Num. 12:3). He had to bear a great deal from Pharaoh and from the children of Israel as they made their journey though the wilderness. He took it all very meekly. Moses was meek in his own cause, but as hot as fire in the cause of God. Blessing of meekness: Meekness may not advance one in the things of the world, but it surely does bring the favor of God. He will beautify the meek with salvation (Ps. 149:4). The Lord lifteth up the meek (Ps. 147:6). The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way (Ps. 25:9). The Lord Jesus says, Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth (Matt. 5:5). So the Lord is on the side of the meek, and if God be for us, who can be against us? (Rom. 8:31). Exhortations to meekness: We have a large number of exhortations to meekness in the epistles. I ... beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love (Eph. 4:1, 2). If we are to be worthy of our calling in Christ we must be meek. We are exhorted to put on meekness (1 Tim. 6:11). Oh, one might say, I just cant be meek, its not my nature. Perhaps not; but it is not natural for any person. Nevertheless, we are exhorted to be meek, and should not be satisfied until we are. By insistent prayer, and constant watchfulness any of us can become meek – and we are neither wise nor well-pleasing to the Lord until we are.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:18:50 +0000
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