Learn meekness

Mat 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.


The meek- the humble.


Num 12:3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)


Do you picture Moses as being meek? Not if we picture a timid, mousy, afraid-of-his-own-shadow type of man we don't. But when we refer to meekness as being humbleness it's a whole NEW story isn't it? The devil LOVES to twist things around and make them seem different so that he can distort the truth in any way possible. This simple word- meek has come to mean something undesirable. The word humble however doesn’t quite make us envision someone spineless.


Blessed are the meek (the humble).


Let's look at some scriptures some containing the word meek and others the word humble--


Psa 25:9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.


Psa 37:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.


Psa 149:4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.


Zep 2:3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.


Psa 10:17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear


Pro 16:19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.


Pro 29:23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.


Mat 23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.


Jas 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.


1Pe 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
1Pe 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
1Pe 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour


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Amazing verses! Amazing.


There is a lot said about humbleness, about meekness - meaning humbleness. This last verse- we should be CLOTHED with humility says SO much. Clothed with humility. If we are clothed with something it means what? Let's think about clothing for a moment. We like to dress in things we like, don't we? At least here in America we do and I tend to believe that most people everywhere like to wear clothing they enjoy wearing. Is it always possible to wear things we enjoy wearing? No. Often various things interfere with that privilege- money, position, availability. On the other hand there are some people who become obsessed with clothing, right? Have you heard this saying- 'The clothes make the man.' ? What's that mean exactly? That we impress people with how we are clothed or on the opposite coin we don't impress them. Can people actually turn other people off and disgust them by the clothes they wear? Yes.


Clothing, there really is a lot to consider when we think about clothing. We've most likely all heard this said before… "You reek of guilt!" Or, "You stink of corruption!" Are people really reeking and smelling? Nope. There is no real smell for guilt or corruption, they are figures of speech.


When we read- 'be clothed with humility' is there really a piece of clothing called humility? No. People might argue that different classes of people in different regions around the world wear what is considered clothing of humility- slave robes and the like. But this isn't what we are being told to do.


We are to clothe ourselves with humility. More important than our physical clothes we should be wearing spiritual clothing of humility. Our very natures, our demeanors, our lives must be humble. If we are NOT humble we are proud and pride is something God cannot abide.


For God resisteth the proud...

and giveth grace to the humble.


Do you see?! What does God give to the humbled? GRACE!


Mat 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.


Reading God's word we are told over and over that meekness- humbleness is of God.


Why?


We are creatures. So many people don't like to admit this because it instantly demands we humble ourselves before our Creator. When we don't humble ourselves before our Creator, when we allowed pride to rise up in us, when we have the audacity to even consider that we are greater than our Creator we are damning ourselves, is there any wonder God resisteth the proud?! We are not anywhere near equal with our God! And… we are not above one another either. We need to be meek because the meek understand their relationship with God and their fellowman, the prideful haven't a clue- they're too busy being self absorbed.


May God help us to be clothed with humility, remembering this…


1Pe 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
1Pe 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
1Pe 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour


We must be sober, we must be vigilant; because the DEVIL would destroy us all and all it takes is… pride.


Humble us sweet Lord, humble us! Clothe us with humility so we may have Your grace being humbled by You.


In Your love!


Amen.