30 Days On The Mount

of t he Exodus… (Now the man Moses was very humble, [ meek ] more than all men who were on the face of the earth. Num 12:3 NLT) And yet this same meekness causes Moses to stand boldly before the Pharaoh of Egypt: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Let my people go …” (Ex 5:1) The meek become the most courageous people on the earth. As a young pastor, I had a member of my church come to me and read a list of grievances and accusations against my character. They listed selfishness, pride and a host of other negatives. My first reaction was one of anger, but I waited for the Holy Spirit to give me his response. To my own surprise and the accusers as well I answer ed; ‘ Y ou are wrong.’ They stiffened, ready to be mo re forceful; ‘I am much , much worse than all of this you have said, but I am under the grace and love of Jesus and he is helping me to become more like him!’ My accuser left, completely disarmed without anything to say. We later became close friends. Under his yoke, God helped me, for one shining moment, to be meek. The reward is both “ temporal ,” with blessings of peace and happiness in this life, as well as “eternal.” The Jews of Jesus day had hoped to rid themselves of Roman tyranny by a political Messiah who would lead them in a violent insurrection and regain the land. Through meekness Jesus was instructing all of humanity how to obtain that which God has in store for them. In Psalm 37, David further instructs us as to how the meek will inherit the earth …

o V 9 …those who wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

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