Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Matthew 5:1-8
by: Victoria Shephard.
“Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth” (5:5, KJV). What is meekness (or gentleness, as some translations say)? The best definition I have heard is “strength under control.” It is not being a doormat and letting people walk all over you, nor is it weakness. It is the opposite of self-consumed and looks outward toward others rather than inward at oneself. These are the people Jesus says are “blessed”; these are people who will “inherit the earth” when his kingdom comes. Can you think of people you know who truly exhibit the quality of meekness?