Get on your knees to win; submit to overcome. Nothing conquers like meekness, not the meekness that is pretended, but real gentleness. Of all things in the world, I think the most sickening is the pretense of forgiving a person when you yourself are the individual who needs to be forgiven. The self-righteous pretense of meekness when you deserve to be rebuked is horrible. May God grant us grace to find peace by getting rid of anger, for only by meekness shall you find peace in your souls. You cannot be at peace while you are harsh and severe and ready to resent every small hurtful thing done to you.
The other word is “lowly in heart.” This is one of the things every believer should learn from Christ. Augustine was once asked what the most important thing there was in a relationship with Jesus. He replied, “The first thing is humility, the second is humility, and the third is humility.” There is more than that essential, but at the same time in perfect Christian character, one of the rarest but at the same time one of the most precious pearls is humility. The lowliest Christ is the loveliest Christian. A full man is a humble man; a proud man is an empty man. Conceit means weakness; lowliness of heart is strength. Jesus Christ was strong and yet meek, great and yet lowly. Oh, that we might learn that lesson from Him and be “meek and lowly in heart.”
(Charles Spurgeon)
