Blessed Are The Meek....Not Weak!

I grew up in a time when, as kids, we spent our Saturday morning in front of the TV. We sat there and watched The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers or some other gun slinging, tobacco chewing, bronco-busting cowboy do his best to tame the Wild West and bring law and order to the small town folk...the part I liked best...breaking those wild stallions.

Now to break a wild stallion and be seen riding off into the sunset on that same horse later in the show,  the cowboy had his work cut out for him as this wild animal did all within his power to throw off that cowboy and then trample him under foot. But, the real cowboys got thrown off; got up, dusted off and got right back on until that wild stallion could be ridden around that corral, fully harnessed for life as a cow pony. The stallion's spirit had been broken and now he was ready for service...totally submissive to the reins and to the cowboy who held them.

When Jesus told the meek they would be blessed, He implied a gentleness, a humility, even a submission that an untamed will could never know. He probably had at the core of this teaching  the scripture from Psalm 37 that reads, "The meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace."  He was clearly saying that those who will surrender their will to God and be subjected to His will over their own..they will indeed be blessed with the lavish inheritance that only our Heavenly Father can bestow on those whose will has been broken.

Meekness is the harnessing of our will so that we can be under the control of a loving and powerful God. It is our humble acceptance of our lowly position before God...our need to be broken so that we might be raised up to walk in the newness that is ours in Christ Jesus.

This meekness is not for the weak, but rather the strong! We see our best example of meekness when we look at Jesus. He had the power of Heaven, always at his fingertips. The Heavenly Host just a spoken word away! The power of the Father just a prayer away...and we saw him keep all that strength locked tightly in his heart as He pursued the will of His Father...and the same must be true for you and me.

So, where are you and I on the meekness scale? Do we see ourselves as puny and defenseless, cowering when pressed about the Savior we serve? God is not asking us to be timid or weak in our dealings with life and those we encounter...He is, however, asking us to be gentle, unassuming, compliant and broken before him so that we might be used for His glory.

God does NOT honor an untamed will; but He does honor those who rely on Him to accomplish His purpose through their obedience...from a life such as this,  God will reap a great harvest of eternal value...and the one who lives such a life of meekness will truly inherit the earth and all the glory that comes from living for God.

Are you strong in the Lord by the surrender of your will? Have you come broken of a haughty spirit and now stand before Him ready to let go of your plans and adopt His as your own? If so, you have a spirit of meekness that makes you strong and ready for battle.

So be prepared....the Deceiver will bring his demons against you...BUT GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD!!!!

Humbly prepared...trusting my Lord,

WPQ

Poem for the day:

God has set before each of us

A task we are called to do;

To share our hope in Jesus...

Let His love come shining through.

We're not to cower in darkness,

Timid; afraid or weak.

But to serve our Lord with gladness...

Bold...assured and meek!