“Thy gentleness hath made me great” (Ps. xviii. 35).
The blessed Comforter is gentle, tender, and full of patience and love.
How gentle are God’s dealings even with sinners! How patient His
forbearance! How tender His discipline, with His own erring children! How
He led Jacob, Joseph, Israel, David, Elijah, and all His ancient servants,
until they could truly say, “Thy gentleness hath made me great.”
The heart in which the Holy Spirit dwells will always be characterized by
gentleness, lowliness, quietness, meekness, and forbearance. The rude,
sarcastic spirit, the brusque manner, the sharp retort, the unkind cut—all
these belong to the flesh, but they have nothing in common with the gentle
teaching of the Comforter.
The Holy Dove shrinks from the noisy, tumultuous, excited, and vindictive
spirit, and finds His home in the lowly breast of the peaceful soul. “The
fruit of the Spirit is gentleness, meekness.”
Lord, make me gentle. Hush my spirit. Refine my manner. Let me have Christ
in my bearing and my very tones as well as in my heart.