More on the Meek (Power Under Control)

 

 

Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word:

 

I want to continue talking about the “meek” today, because I think the word gets a bad rap. Use it in a word association game and you are likely going to hear words such as “pushover,” “pansy, ” “weakling,” and so on. But as we learned yesterday “meek” is better described as “power under control.”

 

Jesus whole life on this earth was power under control wasn't it? Even when that lady with the bloody issue  touched His garment, He could feel the power go out from Him. But even that power was controlled and measured by the Father, and she received just enough to heal her.

 

Without being under control, it would have been like touching a high voltage wire and she would've been fried on the spot. Jesus was aware of this allottment of power, He felt it, it was power under control.

 

As He told Peter after Peter cut off the ear of the servant of the high priest. Why are you relying on your puny little sword, don't you know that I could appeal to the Father and  He will at once send Me more than twelve legions  of angels?”   Power under control.

 

“Hey if You're the Christ, come down from there”.......power under control.

 

 

Then, there's Moses. Did you know that the Bible says that Moses was the meekest man of his day? Num 12:3 says, “Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.”

 

Somehow, we just don't equate Moses with meekness do we? Yet think about it He was definitely a living example of power under control. Who's control? God's control.  Because He had committed himself to God, he had surrendered his strength to God. And look what strength and power God released through him to deliver His people.

 

Look at the power God released through Jesus to deliver us from sin, death, and the devil.

 

 

David demonstrated meekness in his treatment of Saul. He had every right to wipe him out and he had more than one opportunity to do so, but he waited for and relied on God's strength and timing in the matter rather than his own.

 

The meek have a very interesting character trait, they seek the Lord, and desire to do His commands. Zeph 2:3 says, “Seek the Lord, all you meek of the land who do His just commands.”

 

It's what the meek do. They don't rely on their own wisdom or strength or the wisdom and strength of the world, they rely on God, and demonstrate their reliance by seeking His commands and doing them. And I’m told, the meek shall inherit the earth!

 

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word