Reflections on Meekness

INTRODUCTION

Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology Meekness

a conflict in which an individual is unable to control or influence circumstances.

Humility is submission to God but meekness is “the attitude of accepting that I am unable to control or influence circumstances”. Humility and meekness are often inseparable. We know someone is humble by his meekness or we know that someone is meek by his humility. Meekness is so important that the Lord Jesus includes it in the Sermon on the Mount, where the BE-attitudes of Christian character are clearly presented:

Be poor in spirit

Be mourning

Be meek

Be hungry and thirsty for righteousness

Be merciful

Be pure in heart

Be peacemaker

Be persecuted

Contrary to God’s values, our culture associates meekness is with weakness but the truth is that it is quite the opposite. Meekness is strength of character. It is the ability to control our pride and self-vindicating emotions to submit to God’s will and sovereign control over over our circumstances and relationships.