Weak in ourselves, strong in the Lord - this is meekness, and it is blessed by the Lord.

"The meek shall increase their joy in the Lord" (Isaiah 29:19). 

"Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth" (Numbers 12:3).

"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5).

The work "meek" rhymes with the word, "weak" - but the two words are very different. While it's difficult to say exactly what the word "meek" means, we certainly must not say that the word "meekness" is another word for "weakness." In Isaiah 29:19, we read that "the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord." What does this mean? Nehemiah 8:10 says, "The joy of the Lord is your strength." Meekness increases our strength. Weakness reduces our strength. When we read about the Moses, we're not reading about a weak man. He was a meek man - but he was not a weak man. Meekness is not weakness - but it does recognize where our real strength comes from. It comes from the Lord. In his sermon on the mount, Jesus tells us, "Blessed are the meek" (Matthew 5:5). What did he mean when he said this? When we recognize that our true strength is in the Lord - and not in ourselves, we will be blessed by the Lord. If, on the other hand, we think that we are strong in ourselves, we will soon discover that we're weak - not strong - and we will not be blessed by the Lord. The blessing of the Lord is given to those who see their weakness and exchange their weakness for his strength - "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength" (Isaiah 40:31). Where does meekness come into this? Meekness is given to us by God when we see come to him in our weakness and receive from him his strength.Weak in ourselves, strong in the Lord - this is meekness, and it brings the blessing of God into our lives.