MEEK

The fruit of the spirit is also meekness, which means humility; to be humble. Meek is defined as quiet, gentle, mild-mannered, submissive, not proud, or boastful.

Sometimes people will get in a position where God will use them. And then they start to feel like they’re superior to everyone around them who God is not using currently or hasn’t used in the past. People that are just learning to be in a position where God can use them. They get all puffed up like they’re better than everyone else. Look at me, look what God used me to do. What’s wrong with you that God didn’t use you?

God will use people and things to further his purpose. The next time you get all exalted, puffed up like you think you’re better than everyone else, think about the story of Balem found in Numbers 22:21-38. He was a prophet that was heading the wrong way and God sent an Angel and put it in his path. And this guy was so determined to not listen to God. That he didn’t even see the Angel. But the ass, he was riding, turned twice away and then stopped. It would not go any further. He yelled at it. Beat on it. Still, it refused to move. Because it was more afraid of the Angel in its path than it was him. Then the ass talked to him. If God can use an ass to turn a corrupt prophet around, who are we to be getting puffed up? Thinking we’re better than everyone else.

You know, we need God to guide us and to go before us. And to lead us to where we need to go. But God’s plan and his purpose will be fulfilled, with or without us. He will find someone willing to do what he has asked them to do. So, when you start getting a little bit puffed up, think about it. God just wants us to be real. He wants us to be authentic. He doesn’t want a counterfeit. You know, there’s too much stuff in the world that’s fake. He wants the real deal. He wants us to worship him with our heart and not just with our lips. He wants us to be meek and humble, before him and mankind.  The more we stay in the word and get to know God, the more fruit he will produce in our lives.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS