The Third "Blessed."
"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth."
"Now the man Moses was very meek." He was so ready to be taught, and to do God's Will, that "the Lord spoke to him face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend."
"The meek will He guide in judgment: and the meek will He teach His Way," we read in the twenty-fifth Psalm, and this was true of Moses; and in after years, he was allowed to come down from the glory of Heaven to talk with the Lord Jesus before His Crucifixion.
As to this "meekness," we often find in life that it is not to the ones who strive and struggle to get their own way that the blessing comes, but to those who in meekness wait patiently for the Lord; for He, Himself, was meek and lowly in heart, and He will give rest to our souls if we learn of Him.
The Fourth "Blessed."
"Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled."
If we turn to Jesus as the Bread of Life, and ask Him to fill us with the Water of Life, we shall find that "He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness."
The Fifth "Blessed."
"Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy."