Gospel4You - ’It Is Written - A Wife of Noble Character’

Gospel4You - ‘ It is written - A wife of Noble character’

Proverbs 31:10-31

 

It is written invokes God’s Word.

We are believing that the Bible is God inspired and believe everything written in the Bible that it stands as it is and that when we invoke God’s Word as Jesus did, God honours it but we have to read it in context.

In this text from Proverbs 31 - we find out what God regards as honourable in a wife. 

 

 

Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character

10 

[b]A wife of noble character who can find?
    She is worth far more than rubies.

11 

Her husband has full confidence in her
    and lacks nothing of value.

12 

She brings him good, not harm,
    all the days of her life.

13 

She selects wool and flax
    and works with eager hands.

14 

She is like the merchant ships,
    bringing her food from afar.

15 

She gets up while it is still night;
    she provides food for her family
    and portions for her female servants.

16 

She considers a field and buys it;

    out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.

17 

She sets about her work vigorously;

    her arms are strong for her tasks.

18 

She sees that her trading is profitable,

    and her lamp does not go out at night.

19 

In her hand she holds the distaff

    and grasps the spindle with her fingers.

20 

She opens her arms to the poor

    and extends her hands to the needy.

21 

When it snows, she has no fear for her household;

    for all of them are clothed in scarlet.

22 

She makes coverings for her bed;

    she is clothed in fine linen and purple.

23 

Her husband is respected at the city gate,

    where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.

24 

She makes linen garments and sells them,

    and supplies the merchants with sashes.

She is clothed with strength and dignity;

    she can laugh at the days to come.

26 

She speaks with wisdom,

    and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

27 

She watches over the affairs of her household

    and does not eat the bread of idleness.

28 

Her children arise and call her blessed;

    her husband also, and he praises her:

29 

“Many women do noble things,

    but you surpass them all.”

30 

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;

    but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

31 

Honor her for all that her hands have done,

    and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

 

Perhaps having read this we might take a leaf out of this and think about our own lives. Let’s do so in context of 

The Gospel as in John 3:16 

 

God loves each one of us people, weak and flawed as we are that he gave HIs one and Only Son Jesus Christ to be a perfect sinless sacrifice in our place so that when we believe and confess Christ as Lord and Saviour, we can be made right with God.  When we do accept Christ Jesus into our lives, Our brokenness and vulnerabilities are used by God along with our skills, our attributes,  our character to be a new person. 

 

When we think of the attributes of a noble wife in whom God is pleased.  Through Christ, we can be made pleasing to God.

This reminds me of the list of attributes I wrote out and prayed for regarding a girl friend and then a wife in the shape of my wonderful wife Helen. God ticked all of those attributes but His plan for each of us higher better than we can ever think of, imagine or pray for.  Jeremiah 29:11

 

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This week we return to Kingdom Come where Pastor Fergus Buchan speaks about shaking the dust from our feet.

In the final part of the show, we bring everything together in prayer and give you the listener an opportunity to respond.