“Come unto me, all you that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light”. Mat 11:28-30.
Meekness can be used to describe a person who can be angry when anger is needed and humbly submissive when submission is needed.
In Matthew chapter 23, we see the meek Saviour lambasting the scribes and Pharisees in a sharp display of holy anger. The fruit of meekness when manifested enables a believer to display strength and courage coupled with restraint.
“He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His month: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth” Is 53: 7.
In the verse you just read above, our brother Isaiah prophesied that Jesus would be persecuted, suffer and die like our ordinary lamb that was helpless and powerless in the hands of those that were taking it to the slaughter.
Jesus manifested this highest level of the fruit of meekness when He totally submitted to the will of His father, as we read in Luke 22:42-44:
“Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done. And there appeared an angel unto Him from heaven, strengthening Him. And being in an agony, He prayed more earnestly: and His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground”.
The fruit of meekness when manifested not only brings a believer into the perfect will of God and keeps the person there; it also brings the person into the place of glory.
No wonder Moses was always dwelling inside the glory of God; while others beheld from afar off. Basking in God’s glory not only humbles you the more, it makes you see your unworthiness and appreciate God the more for His humility, goodness and love, in permitting you to draw close to Him. Complaining and murmuring prevents a believer from manifesting the fruit of meekness.
The place of meekness is the place of glory, but complaining and murmuring bring destruction (Num 11:1; 1 Cor 10:10).
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