Is your life marked by genuine POWER, or just bluster? Apostle Shane Wall dives deep into Galatians 5:22-23 to reveal the surprising key to unlocking supernatural strength: meekness. Forget what you think you know. This is about power under control, the kind that calms storms and casts out demons. But will you wield it the way God intends? Find out how…
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Here are the author's notes from this week's message:
How Fruit Produces Power Pt. 8 (Meekness)
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
*- The Holy Spirit produces love through us, which gives birth to virtuous characteristics that reflect high moral standards, including meekness—which expresses power with reserve and gentleness.
*- meekness: a quality of gentle strength characterized by humility and a calm demeanor. It is not weakness but power under control, reflecting a spirit of submission to God and consideration for others. This virtue is often associated with the fruit of the Spirit as a mark of true Christian character.
*- Meekness is ("gentle strength")
Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls.
*- In the Greco-Roman world, meekness was often seen as a lack of courage or strength. However, in the biblical context, it is a powerful virtue that reflects the character of Christ. Jesus described His heart as "gentle (meek) and humble (lowly)," yet it was meekness that empowered Him to cast out thousands of demons, calm a storm of hurricane proportions, and perform numerous mighty acts. His strength was not in arrogance and pride but in His humble surrender to God’s will.
10 For the love of money is a root of all evils; it is through this craving that some have been led astray and have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves through with many acute [mental] pangs.
11 But as for you, O man of God, flee from all these things; aim at and pursue righteousness (right standing with God and true goodness), godliness (which is the loving fear of God and being Christlike), faith, love, steadfastness (patience), and gentleness of heart.
*- For the believer, meekness is initiated by the Lord’s inspiration and sustained through His guidance and empowerment. It is a divinely balanced virtue that operates only through faith and requires total reliance on God's strength rather than our own.
22 Shun youthful lusts and flee from them, and aim at and pursue righteousness (all that is virtuous and good, right living, conformity to the will of God in thought, word, and deed); [and aim at and pursue] faith, love, [and] peace (harmony and concord with others) in fellowship with all [Christians], who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.
23 But refuse (shut your mind against, have nothing to do with) trifling (ill-informed, unedifying, stupid) controversies over ignorant questionings, for you know that they foster strife and breed quarrels.
24 And the servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome (fighting and contending). Instead, he must be kindly to everyone and mild-tempered [preserving the bond of peace]; he must be a skilled and suitable teacher, patient and forbearing and willing to suffer wrong.
25 He must correct his opponents with courtesy and gentleness, in the hope that God may grant that they will repent and come to know the Truth [that they will perceive and recognize and become accurately acquainted with and acknowledge it],
Lifework Assignment: Meditate on Matthew 11:29 AMPC, 1 Timothy 6:10-11 AMPC, and 2 Timothy 2:22-25 AMPC
*- We rely solely on God’s Spirit to shape our thoughts, meditations, words, and actions, ensuring that the only strength the Godhead, people, and demons encounter from us is the gentle yet overpowering strength arising from meekness.
*- Also, we recognize that every strong and aggressive evil force that seeks to influence our responses is rendered powerless when the divine authority of meekness confronts and defeats every work of the devil.