Meek Is Not Weak: To Be Meek, You Must First Be Strong

A Proper Etymology Of The Word “Meek”

Say it once and then repeat it a hundred times over:

• Meek is not weak!

As one old-school Twitter user once explained:

This is probably one of the most prevalent lies of modernity regarding the character of Christ, aside from the cults that deny His deity.

We have all met the so-called “Christian” small women and feminized men that claim to be “meek” when they have no guts or power to do anything, anyway. That isn’t meek. It’s just weakness.

They were everywhere during covid. Christians everywhere were popping on the masks even though they disagreed with them and claiming they were being “meek” in the process to “avoid contention”. Nope, no meekness was present there. None of those people had the fortitude to stand up to the machine in the first place. If they can’t even do it over a small mask, they certainly would not over a larger issue. It was simply weakness, fear, and cowardice.

I appreciate the etymology provided by Paulex detailing the term as “strength under control”. That is a great way to understand meekness.

To be meek, one must first be strong. The individual must then tame that strength, to only use it when absolutely necessary.

I have wrote on this once before, but I felt a reminder article would be appropriate given the prevalence of this term reappearing as of late. In my last article, To Be A Gentleman, You Must First Be A Man, I wrote:

Strength, fortitude, and courage are necessary precursors to being virtuous. You must first be strong enough to retain the other virtues during challenging times. Otherwise, the virtue demonstrated in the good times means little in terms of overall character.

It is one thing to be generous when you are rich, but it is minor compared to being generous when you are poor. In the same vein, it is one thing to resist tyranny when it is easy, compared to when it may cost you everything.

It is not possible to be weak and virtuous. Being meek and a gentleman is a luxury of the strong.

In the same capacity, to be a gentleman you must first have the capability of being violent and dominant. It’s impossible to be merciful if you cannot cause the conditions where mercy is a preferable, virtuous alternative.

In some contexts, it is necessary to demonstrate meekness. In others, one should be able to do harm. But you can’t work within the proper context depending on the situation if you cannot utilize strength when it is needed in the first place.

Weak Christians exemplify this to an extreme. They worship tolerance because it is an easy out for a weak person, which makes them feel virtuous even though the only thing they could do is tolerate, because they have no fight or ability to confront in them. If meekness is their only attribute, it is not virtuous to demonstrate that attribute. It is simply weakness that permeates the whole.

A man must be capable of doing harm but decide not to. Anything else is simply a weak man demonstrating his weakness.

That article rings as true today as it did years ago.

True meekness is a powerful skill and one that does not come about by being pathetic and acquiescing for the sake of fear or tolerance. It also takes years of training and practice to acquire it, in both a physical and a spiritual manner.

Prudence and patience are key with acquiring meekness. Weakness is nowhere to be found.

As Jesus said:

Or do you think that I couldn’t ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?

Matthew 26:53

He had the strength, but chose not to use it at that time.

But He will one day:

¹¹ I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war. ¹² His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has names written and a name written which no one knows but he himself. ¹³ He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called “The Word of God.” ¹⁴ The armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen. ¹⁵ Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty. ¹⁶ He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

Revelation 19:11-16

Strength, under control, awaiting the appropriate time.

That is what is truly meant by meekness.

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