A Disciple's Be-Atitudes - #3 The Meek

#3 The Meek

Matthew 5: 5  Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth. (NIV)

Beatitude number 3 is not a popular one. It goes against our human nature or our culture to believe the meek are blessed and will inherit the earth. Just think about it. We celebrate the successful, the pride, and the gifted athlete, the honored whatever. Someone is called a hero everyday - even if that person is doing what he or she is paid to do.

Meek to us translate weakness. So, how can Jesus teach us "blessed are the meek"? The One who left his heavenly throne to be clothed in human flesh is the same one who is teaching this lesson. St. Paul wrote in Philippians, the second chapter: ⁵ In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: ⁶ Who, being in very nature God,
    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;⁷ rather, he made himself nothing
    by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.  Paul reveals that spiritual meekness is an attitude towards God. Someone once described this attitude like a child being taught by a parent.

So, who are the meek? The meek are those who know that none of us can boast of our own salvation. 

God's grace delivers believers into His Kingdom. His Gospel preserved them. His richness they inherit. 

Questions:

1. In what areas do you struggle with being meek?

2. What makes being meek so difficult?

3. Read John 13:1-17 What example of meekness is Jesus setting for us?

4. What are your visions of inheriting the earth?

 Applications:

1. The strong are the meek. (Proverbs 16:32; 19:11; Matthew 21:5; 1 Peter 3:4)

2. Those who inherit the earth have the virtue of meekness.  (Galatians 5:23; Colossians 3; 12; 1 Timothy 6:11 

3. All believers are to cultivate an attitude of meekness. (Ephesians 4:2; 2 Timothy 2:25; Titus 3:2; 1 Peter 3:15)