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!
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!