“…but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the
fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.”—Proverbs
31:30-31
Everyone has a mother. Some mothers have been more of a godly
influence in the lives of their children than others. Regardless of the level of godly or ungodly
influence of your mother, you can choose to be a better influence on the next generation.
It seems like to me that a lot of Christian women and
men around the world have forgotten that they are to be the one that influences others; not
the one who is being influenced. Women and men alike are
created in God’s image. We are not to
debase the image of God by allowing the influence of the world to creep in and change
our image to a reprobate.
In his
letter to Titus, Paul admonished him to teach the qualities that would ensure
sound Biblical doctrine. These doctrines
included for older men and women to be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in
their faith, in love and in patience.
Women are to be teachers of good things and to wisely train the younger
women to be sober-minded, temperate and disciplined and to love their husbands
and their children. Women are to be
self-controlled, chaste, homemakers, kindhearted. Wives and husbands are to be mutually
submissive to one-another so that the Word of God would be with out reproach.
The psalmist David wrote in Psalm 68:11-12 “The Lord gives the word [of power]; the
women who bear and publish (the news) are a great host. The kings of the
enemies’ armies, they flee, they flee! She who tarries at home divides the
spoil.” Whether you are one of the
ones that publish the good news, or stay at home you have a share in God’s
reward system by staying faithful to the principles of His Word. Let’s purpose in our hearts to remain
faithful to the principles of God’s Word and to influence those in our world.
Prayer—Father I thank You for
helping me to be the person that You designed for me to be so that I would
influence my world, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
