Personalities and characteristics

[Kim82]

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Meekness is strength under control.

Is meekness and shyness the samething?

I feel that being meek means you're a humble person.

A shy person has various fears that they need to overcome. Maybe they will never be as bold as the other person, but for me, I try to gain confidence through Christ with Scriptures like:

Matthew 10:19
When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.

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[StephanieMM]

If God’s ways and thoughts are always going to be above human ways and thoughts, then it makes sense to me that God would make us all different. We need those different angles expressed through different personalities, experiences and interpretations to understand more of Him. Maybe it will bring out something in the Bible that one hasn’t seen before.
Being “of one accord” to me is only being united under one purpose...to share the gospel out of our common base belief in Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection. If we’re united on the basics of who Jesus is, then that’s one accord.

 

[Locoponydirtman]

Is meekness and shyness the something?

I feel that being meek means you're a humble person.

A shy person has various fears that they need to overcome. Maybe they will never be as bold as the other person, but for me, I try to gain confidence through Christ with Scriptures like:

Matthew 10:19
When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.

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Which is precisely my point. Meekness and shyness are not the same.
Meek is a term used in horse training, and you certainly don't want to be on a fearful horse. You want a strong confident horse that is under control, not forward and aggressive, but is well under control and is good with it.

 

[Susanna]

Blessed are the geek for they shall inherit the internet.

Blessed are the creeks for they shall rise.

 

[tourist]

Blessed are the creeks for they shall rise.

Like my wife says about the possibility of something good happening, "If the good Lord is willing and the creek don't rise".

 

[Susanna]

Like my wife says about the possibility of something good happening, "If the good Lord is willing and the creek don't rise".

Yeah, people say that here too.

 

[CharliRenee]

Meekness is strength under control.

I couldn't agree more. I like the way this truth is expressed.

 

[BillG]

After being born again, do we all take on the same personalities and characteristics? Pastor is teaching on being of "one accord" and the practice of oneness..I often call myself shy, reserved, passive, soft...Pastor says these are all just excuses put in my head by the devil and that I need to be following my example, who is him, the pastor. He is aggressive and bold. Since I was born again, we are all supposed to be the same, we are all to be bold and aggressive. We are all made in God's image and God was not soft or reserved, so why do I think it is okay to remain the way I am and was before being born again, is what I keep getting asked.

We used to sing a song many many years ago.

Jesus take me as I am.
I can come no other way.
Take me deeper into you.
Make my flesh life melt away.
Make me like a precious stone.
Crystal clear and finely honed.
Life of Jesus shining through.
Giving glory back to you.

He accepted you as you were/are when you came to him.
If you look at the above lyrics this is what we should aim for.

Just look at the sorry bunch who Jesus chose, yet we see what they went on to do.
My friend he will use you as your are, he will work in you to conform you to his image.
Not the image of your pastor.

IMO your pastor is bang out of order in what he said to you.

Seek Jesus and ask him where you need to change.
He will reveal it to you.
When he does he will bring about the change he wants to do in you.