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The Blessings of Meekness – From the Old Testament

A few years ago, the LORD had me going through a devotional series talking about the Sermon on the Mount when He taught the Beatitudes. This morning He woke me up and sent me back to the Old Testament for a word about the importance of meekness (which is humility or the opposite

of pride). It is a word from Solomon who was blessed by God with incredible wisdom.

Solomon was a great king and a great man of God who was blessed exceedingly both materially and spiritually. He gave us the book of Proverbs and other books of insight within the section of the

bible containing the books of wisdom and literature. But in all of his wisdom, Solomon was far from a perfect man. One of his flaws during his life was that he directed a lot of his efforts at accumulating earthly status, prominence and possessions (like his many foreign wives

for example).

But in his spiritual wisdom, God also gave Solomon the insight to see and recognize some of his follies and to write to us about them. The book of Ecclesiastes is an Old Testament book that expands on the blessings that come when we understand that in the end our

time here in this world will not be defined by our own efforts and struggles to out do or point out flaws in others. That story has already been written and what will ultimately define us is how well we listen to and follow the LORD. Therein lies our eternal treasure. Everything

else around us is dust in the wind.

Herein lay the blessings of the meek.

1 These are the words of the Teacher, King David’s son, who ruled in Jerusalem.

Everything Is Meaningless
2 “Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless!”

3 What do people get

for all their hard work under the sun? 4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth never changes. 5 The sun rises and the sun sets, then hurries around to rise again. 6 The wind blows south, and then turns north. Around and around it goes, blowing in circles. 7 Rivers

run into the sea, but the sea is never full. Then the water returns again to the rivers and flows out again to the sea. 8 Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content.

9 History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new. 10 Sometimes people say, “Here is something new!” But actually it is old; nothing is ever truly new. 11 We don’t remember what happened in the past, and in future generations, no one

will remember what we are doing now.

The Teacher Speaks: The Futility of Wisdom
12 I, the Teacher, was king of Israel, and I lived in Jerusalem. 13 I devoted myself to search for understanding and to explore by wisdom everything being done under heaven. I soon discovered that

God has dealt a tragic existence to the human race. 14 I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind.

15 What is wrong cannot be made right.
What is missing cannot be recovered.

16 I said to myself, “Look, I am wiser than

any of the kings who ruled in Jerusalem before me. I have greater wisdom and knowledge than any of them.” 17 So I set out to learn everything from wisdom to madness and folly. But I learned firsthand that pursuing all this is like chasing the wind.

18 The greater my wisdom, the

greater my grief.
To increase knowledge only increases sorrow. - Ecclesiastes 1:1-18
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