This ‘kingdom characteristic’ of meekness is the clue to so much that God does in our lives, yet we too rarely recognise it. He wants us to be meek. But first he may have to break our pride, destroy our sense of self-sufficiency and humble us under his mighty hand before he uses us for his glory.

Only as we come to know God and his presence do we begin to discover ourselves as we really are. When we know what we are before God, and look to him for grace and salvation, then we become poor in spirit; then we mourn for our sins; then, having seen ourselves as we really are, we bow to his will in all things. And as we experience the gentleness of his grace, we are meek and gentle with others. – Sinclair Ferguson, The Sermon On the Mount: Kingdom Life In A Fallen World