Monday, June 8 Seek meekness.​—Zeph. 2:3.

[Áine]

Monday, June 8

Seek meekness.—Zeph. 2:3.

 

Just as an artist combines a number of appealing colors to produce a painting, we must combine a number of appealing qualities to be meek. Prominent among those qualities are humility, submissiveness, mildness, and inner strength. Only humble people will submit to God’s will. Part of God’s will is that we be mild. (Matt. 5:5; Gal. 5:23) When we do God’s will, we make Satan furious. So even though we are humble and mild, many people who are part of Satan’s world hate us. (John 15:18, 19) As a result, we need inner strength to resist Satan. The opposite of a meek person is someone who is haughty, shows uncontrolled anger, and does not obey Jehovah. That describes Satan perfectly. No wonder he hates meek people! They expose the flaws in his personality. And even worse for Satan, they prove that he is a liar. Why? Because no matter what he says or does, he cannot stop meek people from serving Jehovah!—Job 2:3-5. w19.02 8-9 ¶3-5

[Chris7]

13 hours ago, anniebea said:

Just as an artist combines a number of appealing colors to produce a painting, we must combine a number of appealing qualities to be meek. Prominent among those qualities are humility, submissiveness, mildness, and inner strength.

Indeed, we admire a beautiful painting, it has many appealing qualities. 

Jehovah has given us all the ingredients in his word to be Meek, beautiful people. It requires daily fortification from his word, with examples of people who became meek after much training from Jehovah.

[New World Explorer]

On 6/8/2020 at 5:15 AM, anniebea said:

Because no matter what he says or does, he cannot stop meek people from serving Jehovah!

Gold.