Proverbs 31:10-31
The writer of proverbs tell us. “Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised” (Proverbs 31:30). I am here to praise the Lord’s excellent ladies. I am here to celebrate His women of virtue, His women of victory, His women of faith, His women of power.
Perhaps you are feeling out just now. May be you do not feel like a lady of excellence. You may feel like a victim instead of a victor. You may feel like a woman of failure instead of a woman of faith. I am here to proclaim a new day of your life. I’ am here to remind you that our heavenly father called you His beloved. He see you robed in the righteousness of Christ Jesus. He sees that your sin have been paid for. He dings to you and dance over you as He quiets you with His love. (see Zephaniah 3:17).
To those of you who think that excellence has escaped you, that virtue has vanished, it is time to change your mind. To those of who are simply surviving, flipping the pages of your calendar without living your life, I say there is more. To those who are coasting comfortably your situation, I invite you to come. Join me for a Journey through Proverbs 31 and see the kind of woman God has ordained you to be.
The Bible tells us that a virtuous woman is more precious than jewel. As a jeweler admires, examines, and appreciates every facet of a diamond or a ruby, so the Lord looks at His daughters with the same sense of awe and wonder. When a son of God takes a virtuous woman as a wife, she is worth more than to him than any treasure. The wealth of her spirit cannot be calculated and the riches within her cannot be counted. Her value is beyond appraisal both to her lover to her Lord.
She is priceless to a man for many reasons, but most of all because “the heart of her husband safely trust her” (Proverb 31:11) Ladies, take it from a man. This is more important than you can imagine. You must be trustworthy and you must be safe. A man wants a resting place-a place where he can drop his guard and share his deepest hopes, fears, and dreams. You can be that place for him if you will keep his secret and keep your mouth shut! A man will put up with almost anything when he knows he can safely trust a woman.
It is vital that you do him good and not evil all the days of your life. A man will not trust a malicious woman. If there is evil in your heart, it is time to be cleansed. Evil often result from resolved hurt and bitterness that has become infected and left to fester in the human heart Jesus is the Healer of hurt and He is able to turn the hardest, most evil heart into a garden of love and grace. Look for ways to be good to your husband. Cook his favorite meal, refuses to nag, celebrate his gifts and talents than God for him-out loud. Encourage him in the hard place, talk less and listen longer…..
Source: T.D. Jakes
