"The fruit of the Spirit is... meekness"

Galatians 5:22,23
God's power is not revealed to us when we are proud, but when we are humble. Any demonstration of "power" manifesting itself through aproud man or a proud woman is, quite simply, not from God and cannot be trusted. Spiritual gifts may be counterfeited, but spiritual fruit cannot be faked. We will know the false from the true by their fruit, not their gifts (Matthew 7:20). Meekness is an essential quality ofspiritual fruit. Gifts may accompany fruit, but gifts may never substitute for fruit.