Meekness is something that you and I cannot produce. It’s not by self-effort, but by Spirit-effort. We’re told today that only the Holy Spirit can produce in the heart of a yielded Christian meekness. The Christian who has learned the secret of producing the fruit of the Holy Spirit can turn here to the beatitudes and read, “Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth,” and see the rewards of meekness. Now the beatitudes present goals that the child of God shall want to realize in his life, but he can’t do it on his own. Because the very minute that you and I attain to it in our own efforts, we’re just a little proud, and out goes meekness.