Humility and Women

Since the bottom line of Gentleness in Women is her inner Humility, it is worth to explore what is Humility in women mean to building her quality in Gentleness, in particular in front of her husband.

In Genesis 2:18 "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." I remember I have written a posting about "Roles for Women". Christian women should submit to and respect their husbands (Ephesians 5:22-24, 33). Submission is not manipulative or grudging, but done in faith, respect, and humility.

Most of us would like God to respond and instantly gratify our desires. Consequently, because we desire instant gratification, we find operating by faith extremely difficult. We think that God does not seem in all that big of a hurry. We look at time differently than God does because, like Abraham, Moses, and Gideon, we do not trust that He has things under control. As we encounter our own Red Seas, our faith gets exercised and toughened. In His infinite patience, God, as the Master Teacher, uses His time to instruct us so that, despite frequent failure, we will eventually grow in faith and get turned around. Faith is the quality that a person exercises between the time he becomes aware of a need he hopes for and its actual attainment. Like a muscle, the more we exercise faith, the more it grows. God will manipulate our experiences to make both our weakness and His power clear.

In James 1:2-4 "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing."

1. If a woman is not submissive to her husband, she is not submissive to Lord. (Ephesians 5:22-24, 33)
2. When one is not submissive to God, what does it imply?
3. May be Not Fear of God........He/She is the God.
4. One may argue that it is not my fault but my husband is not doing his role properly. (you may like to check the real lives of those Precious Women whose husbands are not disciples.)
5. Jesus said, "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?.......you hypocrite....." (Luke 6:41-42)
6. One who has humility "Consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interest, but also to the interest of others." (Philippians 2:4)
7. Then, your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: "Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death - even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name......." (Philippians 2:6-11)
8. Therefore, my dear friends (women), as you have always obeyed - not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence - continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. (Philippians 2:12-13)

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