Happy Are The Meek Series

I hate to think of how much of my life and work for Christ will burst into flame on that day, but I know that as I let the Holy Spirit develop this beautiful attitude of Jesus within me, that my offering to God in appreciation for what my savior has done for me will survive the flame, and bless not only God, but those I served on earth.

My family, my friends, my church, and my neighbors.

That leads us to the last point- the reward of meekness.

III. Reward of Meekness

We look at the reward at the judgement seat of Christ, but there is a reward that we can have every day- and that is the character of Jesus being shown through us.

We can do advertising, we can do outreaches, we can do give-a-ways or provide services to help our community. All of these are good and should be done.

But nothing will grow this church like all of us showing people Jesus through how we live our lives, and the attitude we approach difficulty with. Jesus promised when HE is lifted up, He will draw all people onto Himself.

So we need to all lift up Jesus in our lives. We need to allow HIM to discipline our hearts, our minds, and our spirits so that what is flowing out of us will bring great glory to our Savior and King.

Secondly, there is a second part of this verse- “For they will inherit the earth”

The last chapter of the bible speaks of a new heaven and a new earth. God wipes away every vestige of evil from creation. At that point, you and I will inherit this new creation

But

God will not give this creation to a person who is not completely surrendered to Him.

You and I were not designed to be free moral agents. Humanity was not designed to live apart from an outside source of strength, influence, morality, or power.

Our created nature is one that needs a power source. Which outlet you plug into determines the course of your life.

If you plug into God, you will know and enjoy great blessing, great joy, and the endless blessing of God as you live for HIM and then walk into an eternity filled with so much that the bible says that eye cannot see nor ear cannot hear, nor mind cannot comprehend what God has in store for us.

However, if you choose to plug into the worlds power sources, which is really plugging into satan’s, you will reap destruction.

Someday we will be judged on how much we allowed God to develop this beautiful attitude in our hearts. It will be the deciding factor that governs our reward, and perhaps even our salvation.

All Stand

I leave you with one of the most frightening verses in the bible. It’s the one that makes me lose sleep and really evaluate my relationship with God and my motives for doing things-

I’m going to read Jesus’ words from the Living Bible Translation Matthew 7:21-23-

21 “Not all who sound religious are really godly people. They may refer to me as ‘Lord,’ but still won’t get to heaven. For the decisive question is whether they obey my Father in heaven. 22 At the Judgment many will tell me, ‘Lord, Lord, we told others about you and used your name to cast out demons and to do many other great miracles.’