In The Beatitudes: The Only Way to Happiness, John MacArthur points out that when Jesus said, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth,” it was a shocking statement to his audience. As generally used, it smacks of victimhood and weakness, but this is clearly not the implication Jesus intends here.
Jesus called for a broken spirit, a mourning heart, and now meekness. No self-righteousness, no spiritual pride—and they didn’t understand his revolutionary approach.
Would today’s audience be any different? In a world of Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, and others, we look for who has the most friends, who is most liked, and popularity reigns. If Jesus walked the earth today, would he have been a social media user? If so, how would his “meekness” show up?
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