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Unyielding Devotion


“Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.”
Matt. 5:5
 
    Being meek is simply having the firmness and unyielding devotion to do right while willing to suffer wrongly rather than to be willing to do wrong. Other words that could be used to describe meekness is gentle, kind, mild and quite. It is not weakness, as we so often claim it to be.  Christ is meek (Matt. 11:29). Because of that character we find it easy to take on His yoke and learn from Him. Zephaniah lets us know that the meek should seek the Lord. Seek righteousness and humility, he says, that you may be hidden in the day of the Lord’s anger (Zeph. 2:3).  Receive with meekness the implanted word which is able to save your souls (James 1:21). James 3:13-18 also highlights this meekness we are to have. Show, by good conduct, that your works are done in the meekness of wisdom. Meekness in the Lord is being steadfast in His righteousness and willing to suffer for it long before you’re willing to abandon it.

Do you have an unyielding devotion to do right?
Are you willing to suffer for it?
What truth have you abandoned to avoid suffering?
 
Are you more willing to do right in man’s eyes rather than God’s?

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