Is Holy Spirit meakness weakness?
Dispute of Jesus and the Pharisees over tribute money (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble [ meek and lowly ] in heart” (Matt. 11:29a). For most people, meekness means weakness. When we read of Moses , however, we don’t meet a person who was meek—at least not in the modern sense of meekness. There was nothing weak about Moses. He exhibited extraordinary leadership and strength in the face of great difficulties and tests. There was one man, though, who was even meeker than Moses— Jesus Himself. Remember that He said, “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble [meek and lowly] in heart” (Matt. 11:29a). Yet there was certainly nothing weak about Jesus’ dealings with the Pharisees . On another occasion Jesus said, “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth” ( Matt. 5:5 ). Here we see an association of meekness with leadership. What is this meekness that it is so powerful? One alte