Focus on God’s Goodness-Inheritance
JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Focus on God’s Goodness is found in Matthew 5:5.
Jesus said, “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
The idea of meekness has to do with strength through restraint. Jesus was the perfect example of this. He had 72,000 angels at his disposal. He could have called on them to rescue Him from the cross, but He did not do that, because Jesus had the big picture in view. He knew that without the shedding of His blood on that old wooden cross, there would be no Savior. Jesus invites us to follow in His footsteps of meekness as a bright light to shine the grace of God.
Meekness is the blessed place to be in the eyes of God. Psalm 37:11 points out that the meek will inherit the land and enjoy peace and prosperity.
The blessing of Inheritance reveals the goodness of God and is a reason to give thanks in the Year of Gratitude.
John Shirk
john@wjtl.com