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Blessed Are The Meek
We continue our study of the beatitudes by looking at Matthew 5:5, "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." Meekness is not weakness. Some use phrases like, "He is meek as a mouse." But such is not the case of this Bible term translated meekness. The word meek literally means power under control. I read a word study one time, that used a good illustration about this concept of meekness. If you were to go out and capture a wild stallion and bring it home and kept it in the corral, and then over the next few weeks you sought to tame and "break" the horse. After you finally would be able to ride on the horse, have you taken the strength away from the horse? No, it would have the same strength and power as before, but now it would be power under control. Even so, Jesus is teaching us that we must bring our power under his control. As Paul said in Galatians 2:20, "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." Yes, Paul had come under Jesus’ control, it was not Paul who lived but Christ who lived in him. In Numbers 12:3 we read, "(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)" Was Moses some sort of weakly, a wet noodle, that was spineless? No, he was a man of great strength, passion and power, but he was under God’s control! Yes, a meek man will let Jesus be the King of his life, to control all his passions and strengths in doing want is right.
