Strong Enough To Be Meek

The Beatitudes, Pt. 3 | March 2, 2025

Pastor Wes Morris 

Matthew 5:5 (NIV) Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

√ MY TWISTED THINKING

Matthew 5:43-44 (NIV) You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

√ MY PRIDEFUL HEART

Proverbs 11:2 (NIV) When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

I will always behave in a manner consistent with the way I see myself.

STRONG ENOUGH TO BE MEEK

Meekness isn’t weakness, it’s strength under control. 

I. RELY ON GOD’S JUSTICE, NOT MY OWN.

Exodus 14:10-14 (NIV) As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”

Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

Romans 12:19 (MSG) Don’t insist on getting even; that’s not for you to do. “I’ll do the judging,” says God. “I’ll take care of it.”

Meekness is not about being passive—it’s about living with quiet confidence that God is in control.

II. DEVELOP A SPIRIT OF GENTLENESS.

James 3:13-18 (MSG) Do you want to be counted wise, to build a reputation for wisdom? Here’s what you do: Live well, live wisely, live humbly. It’s the way you live, not the way you talk, that counts. Mean-spirited ambition isn’t wisdom. Boasting that you are wise isn’t wisdom. Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn’t wisdom. Real wisdom, God’s wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced. Those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.

III. FIND STRENGTH IN THE POWER OF GOD. 

Ephesians 3:19-20 (TLB) May you be able to feel and understand how long, how wide, how deep, and how high his love really is; and to experience this love for yourselves, though it is so great that you will never fully understand it. And so at last you will be filled up with God himself.

Now glory be to God, who by his mighty power at work within us is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of—infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes. 

LIVING IT OUT

1. When someone wrongs me, do I seek revenge or choose grace?
2. Do I use my influence to serve others or to elevate myself?
3. Am I gentle in my words and actions, even when I’m frustrated?
4. Do I value people for who they are, or for what they can do for me?
5. Am I patient with God’s timing, or do I try to force things to happen?
6. Do I prioritize reconciliation over winning an argument?