When we talk about being meek... what image comes to mind? My question... is that the style the "faithful" are supposed to have? Is there any other image?
My answer would be certainly and absolutely and necessarily!
The word that throws us off on our faith journey is the word MEEK. Modern folks identify that word with one that sounds like it... weak. But that is not the meaning in the Hebrew traditions.
Meek means humble in many ways...including who gets picked to be the poster child for Meek.... Moses! Now that was a surprise for me! I would never think of Moses as meek. He challenged lots of folks in his day! How can he be meek?
But he was never full of himself. He made mistakes. He was unsure of his speech. He didn't always listen well. He ran away a time or two. He sounds so much like me. And because of that, he doesn't sound like a leader is some ways, many ways.
Still, he was a pivotal leader for the Hebrew people. That basic fact leads us as we consider who he was. And he was, some say, the person to image when we image meek. Humble but dedicated, he was not weak.
When we are told the meek will inherit the earth, it sounds so very much like Moses and the Promised Land. But we miss that reference.
Moses was humble but had strength of character. He had some issues but was willing to work with God to overcome them. Moses made mistakes but prayerfully overcame those too.
If we could all be meek like Moses, I bet the faithful would make a bigger difference on this earth. I bet we'd maybe even turn a few things around politically, socially, economically and I bet then we would find we had indeed inherited the earth.
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