This week we memorize the second and third beatitudes in Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount.
Memorize this week
4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Matthew 5:4-5 (ESV)
Mourning
In Matthew 5:4-5, Jesus flips our traditional views of strength. Culture then and now may depict strength as the strong, silent type who shows no emotion, but the ones who mourn are the blessed ones.
We discussed “How Is Your Mourning Blessed?” here last week.
Read the verses before and after the following verses for extra context on how God wants to bless those who mourn.
- Isaiah 61:1
- Luke 4:18
- Matthew 11:5
Meekness
Who are the meek (v5)? We can count Moses as meek (Numbers 12:3). And of course Jesus is the ultimate example of meekness (Matthew 11:29).
Meekness is not weakness. Robertson’s Word Pictures explains meekness as “the gentleness of strength.” It takes a strong person to not be easily provoked to anger, to treat all people with kindness, and to not envy the gifts of others. Meekness is a valuable virtue.
Count your blessings this week in the odd places of mourning and through meekness. In Christ’s kingdom, all good things are possible.
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Read all the blog posts here on memorizing Matthew 5:1-19.
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