The Meek
Topic: Life
Do you remember this character from the movie The Green Mile? Do you remember the various ways in which the movie portrayed his mammoth strength, his colossus–like proportions, his all–around giganticness?
Yet, as I search for a contemporary way to illustrate what the Bible means by “meekness,” I don’t think I can do much better. This man was meek.
One film reviewer, while describing this character, said: “meekness is something other than wimpiness. His care for others shows gentleness to be force under control.”
Meekness is perhaps best defined as “strength tempered with humility.”
You have to be strong in order to be meek. A weak person is not meek. Never can be. Only a strong person can be meek. Only a strong person can use their strength, their might, their power in order to humbly serve another. That’s meekness: not using great strength to “lord it over people,” but using great strength to humbly serve people.