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TRUE HAPPINESS IN CHRIST: BE MEEK, TEACHABLE AND RECEPTIVE
FRIDAY, JULY 7
Psalm 25:1-14
Matthew 5:5
“Blessed are the meek:
for they shall inherit the earth.”
TRUE HAPPINESS IN CHRIST:
BE MEEK, TEACHABLE AND RECEPTIVE
The third blessing is for the meek. It refers to those who are humble, gentle, teachable and receptive to God’s truth, God’s love, and God’s salvation. Many realise that they are sinners, and mourn, but they are not meek enough, humble enough, and receptive enough to receive God’s salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ. They try to save themselves and establish their own merits and righteousness by doing good works or observing some religious rituals. Many others are not meek enough to believe and receive God’s Word with faith, reverence, and submission. They even dare to question and criticise God’s Word! It is a sinful arrogance for sinners to question the holy God, or for sinful creatures to question their Creator and His Word! Doing this, they miss the blessing from the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the very God and yet is “meek and lowly in heart” (Matt 11:29).
It is not enough to realise our spiritual poverty and mourn over it, as we cannot be saved by it. We must be humble and teachable to receive God’s Word of grace and salvation for our souls. Then it is a blessing for us to know our spiritual poverty and helplessness, to mourn and to be sorry for the wrong we have done against God’s Word as well as for the right we have not done for the Lord, and then to humbly repent and receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour. The reward of the meek is to inherit the earth or land, which refers to the promises of God, including the Millennium kingdom of Christ on earth when He comes back again to be the King of kings. Let us receive God’s salvation in Christ today so that we may enjoy His Kingdom of peace when Jesus Christ comes back in the future.
THOUGHT: To be meek, gentle, humble, teachable, and receptive to God’s truth and salvation is really wise.
PRAYER: Father, give me a meek and teachable heart to receive Thy Word.