BLESSED ARE THE MEEK…WHAT?

 When I finished cleaning up the house this morning, I lay on the floor with a thick quilt over me.  It’s good for your posture and it’s so warm!

 

Praying, I asked the Lord if I please Him.  A Psalm came to my mind, “Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb.  Trust in the Lord and do good, so shalt thou dwell in the land and verily thou shalt be fed.  Delight thyself also in the Lord and he shall give thee the desires of your heart…” I memorized this Psalm because I heard my mother say it so many times as I grew up.  It was “her Psalm” so now it is mine.  King James Version, of course, is what I always heard.  My own “version” changes the thee and thou and thyself words to you and yourself now…

 

But then I kept quoting as I lay on the floor, “…but the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace…” and I thought about Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount.  “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” Without looking up meek, I began to guess at the meaning of that word.  The meek do not parade themselves (I’ve done that).  A meek person is humble, (I’ve been arrogant).  The meek give room for another’s place, putting themselves after.  In traffic, I remember taking off furiously from a light a few years ago.  A man in a sporty car next to me tried to get into the one lane ahead first.  In my Explorer Sport, (much older than his sports car) I beat him.  I didn’t feel kind after that.

 

Meekness is virtue.  Meekness puts God’s will as priority and others next.  Meekness adjusts desires so that greed, envy, “self-promoting” habits and pride are overcome…at least the prayer is that these evil tendencies are conquered.  It gives room in your soul and mine for peace.  “But the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the overflowing of peace.” Psalm 37:11. NKJV.

 

As I was praying on the floor, warm blanket pulled high, the words of Jesus, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” I am sure is true.  The earth is more important if it is thought of as the eternal state of the earth.  My spirit, my soul is eternal.   While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18