Blessed are the MEEK

Mat 5:2  And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying…

 

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

 

The Teacher tells us- blessed are the meek.

 

Blessed.

 

 

Strong's Dictionary- 'A prolonged form of the poetical μάκαρ makar (meaning the same); supremely blest; by extension fortunate well off: - blessed happy (X -ier). '

 

Supremely blessed.

Fortunate.

Well off.

Happy.

 

Are the meek, the humble.

 

In our world today a lot of people are anything but meek. Standing out, making a name for yourself, being the center of attention, these are desired qualities. We have show after show on television of people trying to make names for themselves, becoming well known celebrities. The goal of so many is to do just that, become the newest sensation for people to idolize. You see some of those shows and the hundreds of thousands of people who apply to be on them is astounding. In the end of the show only one is 'crowned' so to speak and the hopes and dreams of all the others are dashed. They are focusing on becoming anything but meek.  Now I don't know the hearts of these people, I haven't a clue of their eternal status at all whatsoever and there could be some very God fearing people trying to make it this way, I can't judge any one's eternal life. I do know that the majority of people are on the road that is wide and leads to destruction, not on the narrow path that leads to eternal life in Christ. The Bible tells me this and it is factual, not made up of mere possibilities, but filled with truth.  And in our world today becoming the latest fad, the current viral video hit is something many are trying to do, they are striving for this to be their life. We idolize those in important positions, we envy them, we admire them. Being meek,  being humble isn't something we applaud.  Sure we want a certain amount of humbleness from those we have a hand in choosing to put in 'super star' position, but more often than not, those who become these super stars show very little humbleness. Again, I'm not saying none of them do, not at all, but there is a lot of arrogance in our world today, a lot.

 

Stepping out of the superstar arena and bringing this down to the average person, we find much arrogance in little circles.

 

Arrogance, cockiness, brashness, and those who are full of this admire themselves for their attitudes, for their ability to take nothing from no one and stand out as being the top dog, so to speak. It's sickening is what it is.

 

Recently I had the opportunity to witness this sort of behavior first hand and it literally sickened me so much so that it was on my mind for days afterwards, and obviously I'm still thinking about it. Why? Because this sort of behavior was directed at my son, for no reason. No, he wasn't abused, but he was bullied by this arrogant, cocky person just because they could be that way. I lost a lot of respect for the person who did this bullying, a lot and in retrospect maybe I should have said something but at the time in the situation (which lasted all of 10 seconds if that) I was stunned and then it became a matter of keeping the peace rather than start something and ruin a family event for others. Don't worry, my son was reassured greatly that he wasn't in the wrong at all and the other person was and is nothing but an arrogant, rude human being that thinks they are special, but in my estimation they are very far from being anything but a bully.

 

This isn't something odd though, this isn't something that is rare at all, this is something that happens ALL the time EVERYWHERE!

 

Meekness is NOT applauded. Meekness is determined to be a DEFECT! Being able to stand up to others is deemed GOOD. Saying your peace, taking nothing from any one, not letting yourself be walked all over is what supposedly makes a person good in some way. 

 

This is the WORLD'S definition of a good person, not CHRIST'S!

 

So while people pat themselves and each other on the back for being able to stick up for themselves and give as good as they are getting, taking nothing from anyone, all the while they are NOT imitating Christ at all in any way, but are revealing characteristics of Satan.

 

Blessed are the MEEK.

 

Not blessed are those who are able to stand up for themselves.

Not blessed are those who are arrogant.

Not blessed are those who are cocky.

Not blessed are those who are self-absorbed bullies.

 

Blessed are the MEEK.

 

Blessed are those who understand that Satan has infiltrated the majority of all human beings causing them to display his traits, not God's.

Blessed are those who in understanding this, pray for meekness, pray for forgiveness as Satan strives to poison them with his evil ways.

 

As people continue to applaud the rude and arrogant all the while telling the meek they need to grow a back bone, Satan is exalted and pleased.

 

Please LORD help us to be MEEK, to be HUMBLE in a world that despises such things.

 

Please LORD forgive us our arrogance.

 

We are nothing without YOU, nothing! 

 

And YOU, our TEACHER is an example of true meekness, may we imitate YOU LORD, YOU are GREAT EXAMPLE in ALL things!