The Meek Will He Guide

“The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.”(Psalm 25:9)

“Meek” is often thought of in derogatory terms. Describing someone as meek usually brings visions of a passive and weak person. But a Christian that is meek is anything but that. A meek Christian is one of controlled strength. They are pious, not sanctimonious. Quiet, not quiescent.  A meek Christian is humble and modest, with the strength of spirit with corresponding disposition and demeanor. This is not describing a weak person. Self-control requires the greatest strength of all, especially during the heat of battle.

The strength and power of the meek comes from the Holy Ghost residing within. It is that very same strength and power that constrains the baser drives of carnal man.

A meek person chooses to bear insult and injury rather than return same. The desire is to absorb and terminate the sin rather than respond in like kind and perpetuate it. This requires strength and control. It requires an overwhelming desire to serve God rather than serve self and satisfy brute desires.

The meek are amiable to God, willing to receive His judgments. God’s judgments are nothing more than God’s attributes and character. Whatever is good, pure, righteous and true is of God and “is” God.

God’s judgments are what guide the meek. They are the goal of the meek.

We as Christians are to be Christ like. We are to be meek, to have controlled strength and power that is fueled by the Holy Ghost within. We are to be willing to suffer the slings and arrows unjustly fired from the enemy. To curb the basil impulses and to live righteously. That is being meek. That is being Christ like.

Bill Hitchcock