A Lesson From Mary
No matter how spiritual you are, take a leaf out of Mary's book of submission to Joseph! If you are married then Jospeh represents your husband but if you are single, Joseph represents the man God is sending your way.
Mary was the first one the angel told about Jesus, yet after her acceptance '...be it unto me according to thy will o Lord' there is no other direct record of angelic visitations to her!!!
All further instruction from God was given to her husband because she needed his covering! Imagine an unwed pregnant girl of those days in Bethlehem not today where wrong is portrayed as right! She would've been ostracized and living in shame, now try to imagine Jesus being the son of an ostracized woman and trying to become the Savior of the world!! It wouldve been a tricky situation and His ministry would've sufferered no doubt.
As I wrote this the Lord gave me understanding to know that she needed her husband's covering to fulfil her destiny and I've heard great women of God say the same thing. This brings me back to the topic at hand!!!
Some of us today won't allow our Joseph to lead! Our reasoning would be that God spoke to us first so that makes us equals or that we were the ones carrying ' the Savior' so we obviously can't take instructions from a mere Joseph!
Spiritual pride has crept into women today... Some feel they are better than the men and some are simply acting out of a misconception of God's design for them...
Today I want to remind women, myself included, that as great as God's assignment to us may be, that husband He gave us and the one He will send our way is not there to prevent us from carrying out our God given assignment but rather he is there as the covering we need to successfuly complete it...
So be on the lookout for the ugly head of spiritual pride and be sure to uproot it anytime you see it in your life!!!
Thanks and God bless!!!
(c)2015 Rosetta Edet
No comments:
Post a Comment