Meekness Meditation

There is possibly no quality more Christ like than that of meekness. The humility and beauty of such a spirit is truly breathtaking. So rare is this charecter that when it is revealed in a person’s soul it is striking and powerful.

Meekness. A quality so opposite pride, so self forgetful, humble and gentle, when one encounters it in such a person it is quite disarming. Do you know someone like this? If you do, I imagine they are very dear to you, for such ones do leave their mark on us. Not intentionally for that would contradict such a charecter. No, meekness only seeks to bless, to engage, to prefer, and defer to someone else. Meekness is kind, and harmless as a dove.

Our Lord said “Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me , for I am meek, and lowly of heart and you shall find rest for your souls. Our God is meek, and lowly of heart.

How opposite this is to the entitlement mentality so common today. Everyone has a beef with someone else, a bone to pick, some root of bitterness, or wound that must be avenged. You see it everywhere, you feel it in society like the pulse of a heartbeat gone so very wrong. Anger and rage are the sisters of this mindset and the fruit of this tree is ripening more and more as time winds down. We are in a world of hurting people and the hurt when swallowed in pride becomes the catalyst for hate, distrust and destruction. Entitlement says, ” you owe me”, you hurt me, and you will pay. But meekness, it does not seek its own, it is willing to be hurt, and pay the price with love.

This is what our Lord did when He took our sin debt upon Himself on Calvary’s tree. He died in love for you and me. He gave His life to repair the breach our sin caused in His creation. He made a way to save us from the just punishment our sin deserves and to swallow up our due death in victory through the shedding of His precious blood. Meekness says, yes you hurt me, but I love you. I will make a way to restore you. I forgive you.

The cross is meekness. The cross of Jesus is the greatest demonstration of love and meekness the world has ever known. Are we so proud and entitled that we don’t even recognize this amazing gift, or the incomparable Giver offering it?