How to be confidently humble sounds ironic as it seems. But what I really love about God is how he uncovers His teaching contrary to what the standard of this world utters. God uses the word meek as a form of humility before Him. But what does meek really signifies?
According to God’s Plan for Spiritual Battle by Russel M. Stendal,
“Praüs, the Greek word translated “meek” is a very interesting word.
The ancient Greeks used this word to describe their war horses, among other things.
The horse was perfectly trained, ready for battle, and would go into the battle and trample enemies’ underfoot.
It would participate in the war with the rider; this was called a meek horse.
The word meek and praüs are not identical; the translators did the best they could, but the Greek word carries a different range of meaning from ours.
The ancient Greeks used this word to describe their war horses, among other things.
The horse was perfectly trained, ready for battle, and would go into the battle and trample enemies’ underfoot.
It would participate in the war with the rider; this was called a meek horse.
The word meek and praüs are not identical; the translators did the best they could, but the Greek word carries a different range of meaning from ours.
I’ll tell you why Greeks called
their horses praüs, or meek.
When the horse got to the level of training where it would obey the master (the rider) no matter what was going on, it could be trusted in the heat of battle not to do something stupid of foolish.
Once the rider knew that he could trust the animal, and it would obey him no matter what he called it a meek horse even though it might be a powerful, thoroughbred stallion, capable of killing enemies in the battle.
When the horse got to the level of training where it would obey the master (the rider) no matter what was going on, it could be trusted in the heat of battle not to do something stupid of foolish.
Once the rider knew that he could trust the animal, and it would obey him no matter what he called it a meek horse even though it might be a powerful, thoroughbred stallion, capable of killing enemies in the battle.
This horse has tremendous power,
capacity, and ability, but it has given up its own way and is allowing itself
to be guided and ordered by the master.
That is what the praüs means; it means submission to the master.
It doesn’t mean submission to just anybody.
A meek person in the biblical sense of the world is not someone who allows just anybody to tell them what to do.
It is not someone who allows everyone to trample over the top of them and just goes with the flow.
It is all of our gifts and abilities, everything that God has put into us, under His control and submitted to Him so that even in the worst crisis imaginable, we’re not going to take the bit in our teeth and bolt on our own way.
We will continue to go His way under intense, pressure, persecution, danger, or need.
This is what it means to be meek.”
That is what the praüs means; it means submission to the master.
It doesn’t mean submission to just anybody.
A meek person in the biblical sense of the world is not someone who allows just anybody to tell them what to do.
It is not someone who allows everyone to trample over the top of them and just goes with the flow.
It is all of our gifts and abilities, everything that God has put into us, under His control and submitted to Him so that even in the worst crisis imaginable, we’re not going to take the bit in our teeth and bolt on our own way.
We will continue to go His way under intense, pressure, persecution, danger, or need.
This is what it means to be meek.”
If we learn to submit our lives before God, what shall we gain by then?
1. He will answer our prayers and heal our sins. (2 Chronicles
7:14)
2. His plans will be revealed. (Psalm 25:8-9)
3. He will give us a heart that can love one another. (Eph. 4:2)
4. He will pour out His grace and make the most out of our potentials. (1 Peter 5:5-6)
5. He will lift us up as we bow down before Him. (James 4:10)
2. His plans will be revealed. (Psalm 25:8-9)
3. He will give us a heart that can love one another. (Eph. 4:2)
4. He will pour out His grace and make the most out of our potentials. (1 Peter 5:5-6)
5. He will lift us up as we bow down before Him. (James 4:10)
True confidence only comes to those who humble themselves
before God; who allows God to take control and who acknowledge that they are
nothing if not for God.
We can be confidently humble for he who promised is faithful
(Hebrew 10:23, NIV).
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