By Sidharth Mohandas
I had been struggling with a bad temper of recent. I’d lose my temper for things really insignificant. Last night as I was dwelling on this, I felt the Lord impress in my spirit the word “Meekness”.
What is Meekness?
Most people have a wrong understanding of meekness. A meek person is often thought of one who is weak and easily imposed upon. However, the Greek word used for “meek” in the Bible is “praos” and this word means “strength brought under control”. In ancient Greek this term was used to describe a wild horse tamed to the bridle.
Are we easily angered? Do our passions override us? Do we slam the door when we have a fight with someone in our own family? Do we slander about someone whom we have bitterness to? Do we speak what we feel like when we are upset? How long can we be nice to some one who is irritating us or who keeps nagging us all the time? We hear a wonderful testimony about Moses in Numbers 12:3
Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.
Moses was the meekest man who lived upon the face of the earth. In spite of having a very bad temper, you find him keep quiet even when his own brother and sister slandered against him and questioned his authority. This is meekness! Strength under control… A person who gets angry and tries to look tough is actually a weakling unable to bridle his temper.
The fruit of meekness is a character of God Himself. Remember, Jesus calls Himself meek in Matthew 11: 29 [Gk: praos]. If the Lord were to give way to His anger, none of us would exist today. On the contrary, Scripture tells us in Exodus 34:6 that He is slow to anger and abounding in love. Thank God!
Let us examine our lives today and make every effort to yield to the Spirit of God in this area of meekness.
Good reminder. I guess the Spirit enables us to self control and channel these strong emotions into something good.
Very good!
When we realize that there is something surfacing that is not so good, it´s the best time to take it to the Lord and have Him show us the root to deal with it.
Keep growing and shining for Him.
Blessings,
Yvette
Yeah, that’s true Mike the Spirit of God helps us to channel these strong emotions. A classic example would be Jesus over-turning the tables in the temple in anger.
Amen, Yvette if we all were quick to deal with the bad root, things would be different.
Sidharth
Good post Sidharth. Of course it is only God that can do it in us, not of our own strength and trying as we yeild to his life in us.
I was just wondering about that fruit of the Spirit yesterday. Never could get a god definition of it in my own words. Strength under control…I like that.