Possessing a proper attitude brings about good results. One proper attitude with good results is exhibited in the biblical phrase, “Blessed are the meek” (Matthew 5:5). The meek are the mild, the gentle, the lowly, the patient and the tame.
Meekness is not weakness. When the Greek word is applied to an animal, for instance, it describes a horse that is tame. A tame horse is gentle, holds no grudges, offers no resistance—even when under abuses—and works faithfully without resentment wherever it is put. The meek are those who willingly and gladly accept God’s will. They do whatever God gives them to do without complaint or disagreeing (1 Corinthians 10:10). They lose their own will by doing the will of God (Galatians 2:20). Christ completely possesses them, and because of this, they are in full possession of self.
A good Bible example of meekness is Moses (Numbers 12:3). The Christian is exhorted to be a meek person. He is to do all things in meekness (Ephesians 4:2). The child of God must put on meekness (Colossians 3:12). He is to follow meekness (1 Timothy 6:11). Subsequently, the Christian instructs others in meekness, too (2 Timothy 2:25). Every child of God likewise receives the Word of God with meekness (James 1:21). When necessary, an erring Christian is restored with meekness (Galatians 6:1). Faithful or practicing Christians show their works with meekness (James 3:13) and show meekness to all men (Titus 3:12).
The meek will be rewarded; they shall inherit the earth. Keep in mind that to “inherit the earth” is a spiritual reward—not a physical one. This simply means that the meek shall enjoy the benefits of the earth. It is theirs (1 Corinthians 3:21-23). God made the earth for His people, and there is not a thing on it or in it, when used as God intended it to be used, that does not belong to them (Psalm 24:1).
The earth belongs to them because they use it in the right way. They use it as God wants His children to use it. They do not permit it to use them, but rather, they use it.
Contrariwise, as we look around us, we may think that the world belongs to the selfish and arrogant. “No, no—not so.“ The meek truly possess the earth. God’s servants are using God’s things in God’s ways, and because of this, they are the masters of the earth. The earth is theirs because God has given it to them to use.
