The day I graduated from high school, I could not answer the question, “what do you want to do with your life?” When I closed my textbooks for the last time, my tentative plan was to find some sort of job, save some money, and pray that God would make my future clearer. My life … Read more
Deborah, an Israelite woman and wife, knew what it meant to reflect the character of God as a helper. And it wasn’t by cooking and cleaning for her husband (though I’m sure she did that as well).
Deborah was a prophetess, which means God spoke to her and gave her messages to pass on to His people. During this time, Jabin, king of the Canaanites, oppressed Israel because of their sin. Until one day God gave Deborah a message for a man named Barak.
After God made men and women, He looked at His creation and declared that it was “very good.” But how many times have we read this and immediately disagreed? “God’s idea to make woman as a helper might have been very good for Adam, but it doesn’t sound very good to me.” I’ve come to realize that we don’t actually hate God’s job description for a Christian woman, we hate the “christian” job description of a women. Never once, did God define women as inferior, weak, or unintelligent. We, Christian women, did.
We all know that a Christian should be different from a non-christian. However, often it’s really hard to see a difference. Take a woman from the church and a woman from the world, stand them side by side on a Monday afternoon and they’ll look and act relatively the same.
But every once in a while you come across a lady who is obviously, radically different than the average woman. Jesus Christ shines through her character and pours from her speech.
What is it that makes this girl different while so many others continue to look like the world?
Elisabeth Elliot says it starts by accepting God’s idea of who we are.