Now that I'm jumping back onto the blogging bus
- I thought it would be a good idea to spend Wednesday's in the Word. I cannot
stress enough how important it is to be in the Word of God often. It is such a
source of strength and encouragement and is truly a road map of how we should
lead our lives.
Beginning
last week - I started leading a group of ladies in my church through Courtney
Joseph's study of the Proverbs 31 Woman. (You can find all of the resources for
this study on her website at www.womenlivingwell.org).
I
thought this would be the perfect place to start our Wednesday series of being
in the Word.
Trust is the
first virtue we encounter in this chapter.
“Her
husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.”
Proverbs
31:11
"Does your
husband have full confidence in you? Does he fully trust your spending habits,
your training of the children, your ability to run the home, your words that
you speak about him when he is not in the room, your faithfulness to him in
regards to flirting with other men, your emotions and temper, and the choices
you make?"
The husband of
a VIRTUOUS woman has full, secure confidence in her and trusts her and because
of his security in her – he will have no lack of gain.
Isn’t it awesome
that we have the opportunity to be such a treasure to our husbands?
Proverbs 19:14 says that
“Houses and wealth are inherited from parents
but a
prudent wife is from the Lord.”
A prudent wife
is a blessing from God. But what is a prudent wife? Prudent means acting with or showing care and thought for the
future, being wise, sensible and understanding. Truthfully – some of those
characteristics just aren’t traits I possess on my own – but are things I must
seek after and ask God to help me with.
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Do you
struggle in any of these areas?
Reading through
many of the verses in the book of Proverbs – we are reminded over and over
that choosing to walk in wisdom and righteousness, putting our trust in God and
heeding the instructions in his Word will lead to a blessed, joyful life. Why
then do we find walking in this sort of obedience so difficult? Because it is
in our nature to be selfish. It comes naturally for us to think of our husbands –“well he sure
doesn’t do this…or he doesn’t always make the best decision or I don’t see him
heeding the Word and walking in wisdom…”
At the end of
the day – we are on this journey to become the Proverbs 31 woman – NOT only to
please our husbands, NOT just to be praised and adored by our children, NOT
just to remembered any certain way, NOT even to provoke a change in our husbands – but simply because this is the kind of
woman God has called us to be…and it is our responsibility as a women of God
that desire to please Him to walk in obedience.
Are you striving to become that Proverbs 31 woman? How are you intentional in your daily life - to be that virtuous woman?
