WOMAN, KNOW YOUR PLACE

 Dear Woman, daughter of God. This is a note I wrote on Woman's day morning of August 09th in 2010. I felt I should repost it and wish you all a Happy and prosperous life. My HOD at church says it should not be only one month but January to January. Women should be celebrated everyday. I feel the same way. Gentlemen it's also advisable you read it and be transformed on the way you think of women (mothers,sisters,daughters,aunts, grannies) in your life. I love you all.

                           WOMAN, KNOW YOUR PLACE
                                            By Faith Monchusi

I was reading my daily devotional book “CHANGE ME LORD” by Maretha Maartens this morning while playing Shirley Caesar’s song “New Season”.

The scripture was Deuteronomy 22:5- 7 but the highlight for me was Deuteronomy 22:5 which says: “A woman must not wear men's clothing, nor a man wear women's clothing, for the LORD your God detests anyone who does this.”

Well the first impression of the scripture would mean that God is talking about homosexuality and transvestites. Yes it could be about that because anything that goes against the intention of God’s creation and anything quoted in Galatians 6:16-24 is a sin. This is not my reason or topic for writing now.

I read what Maretha Maartens was revealing or teaching about this verse and got to understand that God is referring to the reversal of roles between men and women. The Spirit moved me to write an article or note titled “WOMAN, KNOW YOUR PLACE”.

As women, we have been confused by the world, women liberation and women raising children as single parents. Women have lost the sense of where their place should be in life. I am not talking about the kitchen versus the boardroom. I am referring to the woman’s place spiritually.

As I write this article the Spirit is giving me so much to write about, which makes an article or note for the day not accommodating enough to say all that God is telling me. I will try to make it short if God allows it and maybe continue in the next article.

Woman, know your place. You were created for a great purpose and a great place in the kingdom of God. Firstly I speak to young, single women who are not mothers yet.
Most of us women desire to be in loving and supportive relationships. I have been researching and studying the difference of men and women psychology with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. I have come to learn that women are highly expressive beings when men tend to bottle up their feelings. I am not a psychologist or psychoanalyst to write on that topic. Let me write what God has told me to write about.

Woman, know your place. Before God created Eve He said “It is not good for a man to be alone,” (Read Genesis 2:18). He then said “I will make him a suitable helper”. Then God put Adam to sleep and out of his rib He moulded Eve. Dear beloved woman of God, note this; God did not say: “Woman it is not good for a man to be alone so make yourself his suitable helper by trying to make him consider you as his suitable helper”. We all tend to make that mistake sometimes. He says, “Woman, know your place.”

Where is your place? Your place is in your private room, on your altar of God, on your knees and in the Holy of Hollies fellowshipping with your Father. Your place is out there doing what God has sent you to do serving and helping those who are in need. Your place is standing in the gap and interceding for the world.
Pray for yourself; pray for your loved ones; pray for the children you are going to have; pray for the men to be men of God; pray against the corruption in the world; pray against the immorality shown to our young ones through the media; pray for God’s protection against child pornography and children being lured by perverts on social networks.

Woman, know your place. Be a woman of faith like Sarah whom by faith God made her womb which was barren to conceive a child at age of 90. Be a woman of faith. (Read Hebrews 11:1-12).

Be a woman of submission and obedience. Be like Mary who when the angel Gabriel told her that she is favoured and will bear a son, did not disobey but said: “May it be done to me as you have said “(Read Luke 1:26-38). Submit yourself to the Lord (read 1 Peter 5:6)

“Humble yourself before the sight of the Lord, He shall lift you up (James 4:10).” Be like Esther who was an orphan and got married to a king but never allowed her prosperity to cloud who she was. She instead risked her life to save the entire nation of Israel. (Read Esther 8:3-17). Be humble and let God use you and He will lift you up.

Be patient and trust in the Lord. Hanna was never bitter at other women bearing children and calling her barren. She knew her place which was in the temple of the Lord where she cried out to God and prayed for a child.(Read 1 Samuel 1:2- 20) Do not be bitter of your friends progressing, having stable relationships, getting married, having children or getting promoted at work. Be happy for them and celebrate with them. Just continue to trust in the Lord and “Put ye first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you (Matthews 6:33)

Be committed to your purpose, your calling, your marriage, your family and your service to your church. Rizpa was the wife of Saul, whose sons were murdered by the Gibeonites to avenge themselves against Saul. She went to where they were killed, took a sackcloth and covered the rock where she stayed for days and kept the birds of prey by day and the wild animals by night from touching their dead bodies until her sons were given a proper burial. Learn from this woman who stayed focussed despite the attacks of Satan and those who criticized her.(Read 2 Samuel 21:1-14) Stay steady, hang in there, do not cease praying and keep worshipping God. You will at the end get what you desire. “Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. (Proverbs 16:3).

There are many great women of the Bible who you can learn from. I still tell you: “Woman, know your place.”  Do not be a woman who runs after a man. As worldly as it may sound, it is true that if a man is not chasing after you he is not that into you. Take Naomi’s words of advice to Ruth about Boaz “Wait my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today” (Ruth 3:18)
If a man has shown interest in you, do not lead him, do not try to make him love you by throwing yourself into his face and declaring your love for him. Let him lead you and set the pace for the relationship as Christ (the bridegroom) set the pace of His relationship with us. He loved us (the bride) first and died for us. Allow the man his role as the hunter and be the hunted (know your place). But do not be extremely hard to catch as an animal that preys (predator) gets exhausted at chasing the prey whereas the prey should never go towards the predator.

Be protective of your loved ones, your Spiritual health and your soul (heart and emotions).
How do you do that? Be like Jochebed, the mother of Moses who saw that her son was fine and hid him for 3 months from being killed by Pharaoh’s soldiers. She took a basket, sealed it with tar and pitch and placed her child in it. She then hid the child in the basket amongst reeds in a river. (Read Exodus 2:1-10). You know that important people in you life, your heart, mind; spirit and soul require to be hidden and protected from Satan and the pain of the world.
You have a basket and that basket is your prayers that you must seal and strengthen by studying the word, meditating on the word, confessing the word and living the word. You too will be certain like Jochebed and not worry about your loved ones and yourself being bruised or killed by the world because you know that “Greater is He that is in you than He that is in the world. “ (See 1 John 4:4) and if God is for us then who can be against us? (See Roman’s 8:31)

Give glory to the Lord just like Deborah who was a prophetess and the only female judge (judges lead Israel before kings existed, Judges 4). She was strong and assertive in a man’s world but never allowed her power and leadership ability make her look down on the men or other people. She gave the glory to God. (Read Judges 5:1-31) Whatever you are good at, whatever you are talented in do not see yourself as better and take all the credit. Give all the credit to God because “It is he who gives you power to create wealth. (See Deuteronomy 8:18). Do not emasculate your male partner if you earn more than him. Deborah was married to Lapidoth. She never disrespected her husband because she held a high position in Israel. “Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands” (Read 1 Peter 3:1-2) This goes back to the verse that lead me to writing this article: Deuteronomy 22:5. Woman, know your place.

I will continue to remind you about the women mentioned in the Bible who you should learn from. Some women brought positive change, some women got healed, some were forgiven for their sins and given a new start, some had their loved ones resurrected back to life, one who led a life of sin did good for others and became part of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, one gave all that she had and got more back. There are also women who made mistakes that we should learn from and not repeat. By God’s grace we have the Bible to study and meditate on it daily. (Read Joshua 1:8).

Woman, know your place. Your place is in the True Vine who is Jesus Christ (Read John 15: 1-7).
 Woman, know your place. God says: “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.” (See John 15:7)


TO BE CONTINUED…….


© Copyright 2011Written by Faith Monchusi
Written on the 06/08/2010 for Woman’s Month