The “Economic Overview” is “A quarterly overview of the New Zealand economy” from Westpac. Two articles in the  April 2008 issue surprised me greatly. They had the titles “Keeping the Faith” and “The meek shall inherit the Earth”.

“The meek shall inherit the earth”.

It says that the economy is really slowing down in the USA and will be slowing down in Europe and Japan as well. But the economy in the socalled developing countries is booming and will continue to boom. It says,” The balance of wealth is clearly shifting from West to East, rich to poor.”

Matthew 5:5 says,” Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.” The editor of the “Economc Overview” has a good understanding of the word meek.

The roots of the word meekness lie in the Old Testament, where the adjective usually translated ‘meek’ means poor. Psalm 22:26 “The poor will eat and  be satisfied;…”