For Married Women Only: Three Principles for Honoring Your Husband by Tony Evans

Author:Tony Evans
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Religion, Women
ISBN: 0802443834
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 2010-04-20T22:00:00+00:00

What makes something precious in terms of being very costly? Generally, a precious item is something that is rare. And the rarer it is, the more valuable it is. If the ground were littered with diamonds to be gathered up, they would lose their exceptional value.

A woman who is determined to follow God and allow His glory to shine through her is so precious because she’s so rare. Now I didn’t say that; God did. The very first thing that’s said about the “excellent wife” is the rhetorical question, “Who can find” one like her? (Proverbs 31:10a).

That’s another way of saying that such a woman is hard to find. Now let me add that we’re speaking of the culture at large. As a pastor, I value the incredible contributions that godly women are making to the body of Christ. It is historically true in America that many churches have been sustained by the presence of faithful, praying women. That’s both a tribute to godly women and a call to Christian men to get off the sidelines and get into the game.

But the woman God is talking about is hard to find. And like all rare treasures, “her worth is far above jewels” (Proverbs 31:10b). A godly wife needs to understand her great value in God’s sight, even if her husband doesn’t see or appreciate it.

God pays attention to a woman like this, and He works on her behalf. Men may get all worked up about a woman who looks good on the outside, but God’s favor is on a woman who fears Him because she is precious in His sight.

When Mary broke her alabaster box and poured the perfume on Jesus, the others thought this was a waste. But to Jesus, her sacrifice was exceedingly precious. He not only defended Mary, but praised her (see Mark 14:9).

God abhors external beauty and adornment that is used as a cloak for pride and rebellion against Him. There is a sobering example of this in Isaiah 3, where the Lord has a word of rebuke and judgment for the women of Judah. It’s worth quoting this passage in depth:

The Lord said, “Because the daughters of Zion are proud and walk with heads held high and seductive eyes, and go along with mincing steps and tinkle the bangles on their feet, therefore the Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs, and the Lord will make their foreheads bare.” In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments, dangling earrings, bracelets, veils, headdresses, ankle chains, sashes, perfume bottles, amulets, finger rings, nose rings, festal robes, outer tunics, cloaks, money purses, hand mirrors, undergarments, turbans and veils. Now it will come about that instead of sweet perfume there will be putrefaction; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp, instead of fine clothes, a donning of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty. (vv. 16–24)

God said He was going to

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.