Adar 12
Meekness
"Happy are the meek, for they will inherit the land." (Mat 5:5 HRV)
The concept of being “meek” in a world that is totally concentrated on individual human and civil rights is everything contradictory. Most people associate meekness with weakness, and the statement that this is the class of believers that will inherit the earth seems ludicrous. Yet true Biblical meekness is everything but weak, as our Messiah Yeshua showed us in the example of His own life. He illustrated incredible strength and boldness when He drove the money changers out of the Temple area, while overturning their tables (seeMark 11:15-19 ). However, on the flip side of this coin, when Yeshua
raised the only son of a widow from the dead, He showed great compassion, gentle
mercy and the grace of our ABBA Father (see Luke
7:11-15 ).
Meekness
"Happy are the meek, for they will inherit the land." (Mat 5:5 HRV)
The concept of being “meek” in a world that is totally concentrated on individual human and civil rights is everything contradictory. Most people associate meekness with weakness, and the statement that this is the class of believers that will inherit the earth seems ludicrous. Yet true Biblical meekness is everything but weak, as our Messiah Yeshua showed us in the example of His own life. He illustrated incredible strength and boldness when He drove the money changers out of the Temple area, while overturning their tables (see
Meekness is power and strength under the perfect
control of the Spirit of Elohim. Considered
a fruit of the Ruach (Gal 5:22, 23),
meekness will patiently stand under a volley of meaningless insults, knowing
that YHWH our Elohim is the vindicator (Rom 12:9). Meekness has no need to run rough shod over
the rights of others, in order to insure that his/her own rights are met and protected.
Again, these individuals stand secure in their own relationship with
ABBA Father, and this assures them that they will, eventually, be
vindicated.
"He who controls his temper is better than a war hero, he who rules his spirit better than he who captures a city." (Pro 16:32 CJB, emphasis mine)
Only by submitting to our Creator in His working within us can the fruit of meekness be brought to full maturity in our lives. The individual that is continually ruffled, that is easily disturbed and offended, one that everyone has to walk on eggshells around, is the person that has probably aborted the fruit of meekness more than once. And that person is a testing ground for our own fruit as well, to see how well our fruit is maturing … Remember, meekness will always produce peace.
"He who controls his temper is better than a war hero, he who rules his spirit better than he who captures a city." (Pro 16:32 CJB, emphasis mine)
Only by submitting to our Creator in His working within us can the fruit of meekness be brought to full maturity in our lives. The individual that is continually ruffled, that is easily disturbed and offended, one that everyone has to walk on eggshells around, is the person that has probably aborted the fruit of meekness more than once. And that person is a testing ground for our own fruit as well, to see how well our fruit is maturing … Remember, meekness will always produce peace.
“Great peace have they who love
Your law; nothing shall offend them or make them stumble.” (Ps 119:165 Amp, emphasis mine)
These are the people that will inherit the earth, for these are those that walk in total
submission, yielded to the operation and control of YHWH our Elohim in, and over,
their lives. Their delight is in our
Master, and in all of His ways. Because of the single mindedness of their
lives, the earth, and all that it yields, is their inheritance.
I yield, Master, I
yield. Create in me a clean heart, YAH,
and renew a right and steadfast spirit within me. Lead me in Your truth, and teach me, for You are the Elohim of my
salvation. In the Name that is above all
Names I pray, the mighty Name of Yeshua HaMashiach. Amein.
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