Titus 2:3–5 (ESV) — 3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
NOTE: Today, this passage is reviled by most women, young and old. Although I doubt the feminist movement has provided the happiness and fulfillment they dream of life. Most women are beyond the stories of princesses and dashing knights on white horses, but I think those stories are not so forgotten as they might argue. I've learned a few things about God's word over the years, but there is one that stands out, God's way (as expressed in his word) is always better than man's (or woman's) way. What we think is best is never as good for us as God's best. We trade the best away so that we might have the supposed good. In fact, we are constantly trading ideas looking for that which might actually fulfill, but never really considering God's way. Of course, men are just as bad, and their behavior -- from the start of a relationship -- is almost a guarantee that God's way won't work for the woman. But still, I think it is better to commit yourself to God and trust him than to try to build a kingdom that will ultimately crumple in your lap. God's way is always better than our way.
PONDER:
- Am I seeking God's way through his word?
- Am I trying to build my kingdom through human knowledge and effort?
- What will it take to let God have his way?
PRAYER: Father, we all seek our own way, turning down your truth for our muddled truth. We are created. We did not evolve. And only the creator knows what is best for his creation. Speak to us and help us to see your truth for our life.
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