Lowliness and Meekness are not Passiveness!
Hebrews
4:15 tells
us of Christ, “For we have not an high priest
which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all
points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” Isaiah
prophesied, “He is
despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and
we hid our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not” (Isaiah 53:3).
Jesus went all the way, from heaven to earth, to the
womb. Born a baby by a virgin, grew up from a boy to a man, obeyed his parents,
never committed a single sin against God, took the sin of mankind on himself,
healed others, raised the dead to life, went to the cross without a struggle
for his own life, allowed the Roman soldiers to nail his hands and feet to a
cross, he was beaten, whipped, and bled his pure sinless blood onto the very
ground he made man from. His own family, brothers and sisters said he was mad
(unhinged). His disciples departed from the dark of the night scrambling for
their lives, but not one of them was killed, just Jesus. He prayed for his
enemies, friends, and loved ones. He
never took his eyes off of his children and the plan God the Father, He and the
Holy Spirit devised to save mankind with his love and forgiveness. It took
strength, meekness, compassion, and the lowliness of Jesus to open the doors of
heaven for his children.
He went the extra mile for all of mankind, yet even to
this very day, he is snubbed, shunned, cussed at in vain, denied, hated, and
despised by millions in the United States, and around the world.
What is the Christians job in all this? They are to love
and reach out to neighbors and friends and family, to go share the gospel to
the world (where we live, where we visit, and wherever God sends us), to live
and be like Jesus every step of the way, to show meekness, lowliness,
compassion, forgiveness, and love, to the enemy and unloved. Lastly to understand and use these kinds of
divine character traits that are not passive, they are the very essence of
strength, Jesus displayed to save mankind. May God bless you this wonderful
day! Pastor Dan
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