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Thursday, March 30, 2017

The Role of a Godly Wife (Pt. 1)

(Pt. 1)

“Charm can be deceptive and beauty doesn’t last, but a woman who fears and reverences God shall be greatly praised.”-Proverbs 31:30

There are so many voices declaring what womanhood should look like that generations of women are greatly confused about what it means to be a godly woman. The world says that women should aspire to its image of physical perfection, even at the risk of harming yourself. The world says that you’ve got to be pushy to get ahead, regardless of how you may have to demean yourself to get there. The world says that you, as you are, simply are not enough.

Sometimes, however, the church isn’t much better. The church has, at large, become so focused on teaching young women to be meek, pure, and modest that it has forgotten to teach them first and foremost to find out who God says they are and let that be the guide for their actions, behaviors, and decisions.

There are so many roles that I have, such as a wife, mother, administrator, teacher counselor, and mentor; but the first role, the first title I ever received was that of a daughter. Genesis 2:21-22:

“So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib and He brought her to the man.”

Before any relationship that a woman has, she was created to have a relationship with God. We have no idea the amount of time that Adam was asleep; only that Eve had time to form her own relationship with God before she became Adam’s wife.

This is the message the church needs to communicate to women; pursue your relationship with God, understand your role as a daughter, and when you are secure in that then every other role, married or unmarried, will flow out of the confidence of knowing who you are in Christ!

When a young girl is raised to believe that she is loved, she has value, she has gifts, talents and strengths; when she is confident that she is whole simply because of her relationship with Christ, then she is prepared for more!

Perhaps the “more” awaiting her is out in the workforce as a CEO, a nurse, or pursuing a job in law enforcement. It also may include being a wife. They key is to equip them for more! We need to teach them to live a John 10:10 life:

“The thief’s purpose is to steal, kill and destroy My purpose is to give life in all its fullest.”

Life in all its fullest! What does “life in all its fullest” look like in marriage? What does God have to say about being a wife? Does He actually care about my marriage? He does a lot actually!

Sadly, a large percentage of society believes that the Bible sums up the biblical role of a wife in one verse:

“Wives submit to your husbands as to the Lord.”-Ephesians 5:22

A sad testament to our understanding of the Bible and the biblical role of wife. Next week, we will go back the beginning, back to creation to discover God’s heart in the creation of Eve.

Tandy Burr
Dayspring Community Church.

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