Matt. 5.5 – Meekness – It is not about me!
Meekness is to be desired:
-Eph. 4.1 – Walk in meekness
-Tit. 3.2 – Show meekness to all
-1 Tim. 6.11 – Follow after meekness
-Col. 3.2 – Put on meekness
-James 1.21 – Receive the Word with meekness
What meekness is not:
1. Weakness
2. Cowardice
3. Being an easy-going, passionless door-mat
Biblical meekness is controlled strength!
How to have meekness:
1. Realize you cannot get meekness on your own
2. Be yoked to Christ
3. Yield to the Spirit
4. Yield your rights and expectations to God
5. Accept what God gives
6. Trust God to make all things right
7. Rejoice in the reward