Matthew 5:5-6

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Amplified Version: Blessed (happy, blithesome, joyous, spiritually prosperous—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the meek (the mild, patient, long-suffering), for they shall inherit the earth!  

Another one of God's opposite statements.  By that i mean that...Jesus uses the phrase "Inherit the earth" which naturally would cause people to think of success and power and conquest.  But Jesus teaches that the way to inherit the earth is to be meek.  The followers of Christ did not expect him to come in a humble manner and they really didn't anticipate that He would call them to live and serve in a humble way.  D Martin Loyd Jones (one of the great preachers) states that it is strange that we imagine that we can fight the enemy with organization and strategy.  It takes meekness...which is really trusting in God

In Love

Pastor Terry Bonner