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Monday
Reading: Matthew 5 v 5 / Isaiah 6 v 1 – 8
We move on in our studies on the Beatitudes to discuss Matthew 5 v 5, “Blessed
are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth”.
At the outset on the study of meekness might I suggest to you that meekness is
more a journey than it is a destination. There are a number of characteristics
that “meek” people evidence. The problem in the context of the world today is
that meekness is often perceived as weakness. This is far from true. Everything
that we have studied in the Beatitudes so far speaks of the foundational impact
of humility. Meekness is primarily the evidence of a humble person. This
week, I would like to share with you some of the evidences of humility
remembering that we don’t get meekness by trying to get more “meek”, but we
acquire meekness thorough an emptying of ourselves and receiving the
subsequent filling of God. Meekness is the fruit; humility is the root.
Evidence ONE: Meek people take their eyes off themselves and put them on
God. There is nothing more life changing and impactful long-term than having
the correct vision of God. In its essence it is life changing and can lead an
individual from a life of “self-help” Christianity to a life of “supernatural”
Christianity. It was this experience that Isaiah had in our reading today (Isaiah
6). Isaiah was already a legitimate prophet of God, but it was only upon him
seeing God for who God is that his life was totally changed. When you are in the
presence of God as Isaiah was on that day, you cannot help but become totally
consumed and in awe of the God that you see. As He gets bigger, you get smaller.
As His glory is accentuated, your sinfulness is highlighted. As His pre-eminence
grows, your problems look so much less. I am convinced that for many of us our
vision of God is far too small. Too many of us have a God who we put in a box
only to bring Him out on special occasions, talk about Him for a while, and then
put Him back in the box again. Too many of us have a God who with our finite
minds we try to comprehend. As much as I applaud the effort to understand God
better, we as humans do not have the capacity within us to understand Him in
His completeness – it’s a capacity thing. A flea does not have the capacity to
understand how your cell phone works; it is exactly the same with us. How on
earth do we fully comprehend a God so great that He is able to speak the
universe into being; create the cosmos out of nothing? A God who speaks and