Previous
Previous
#184: SARAH + HAGAR (Unexpected Lessons)
Next
Next
May 06, 2019
Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :)
In this week’s Unexpected Lessons from Unlikely Ladies #podcast, we focus on Lot’s wife and Job’s wife. Each of these women are criticized greatly for their actions and words, but what if we more fully understood the circumstances surrounding their decisions? Would we be able to have greater compassion for them, and in turn, ourselves? Part 2 of our series continues!
Job’s Wife:
· Remains nameless?
· Is known for a 1-line sentence? “Curse God and Die.”
· Job did not lose his children and all he had on his own, his wife lost the same as well.
· Watched her husband grieve?
Lot’s Wife:
· Remains nameless?
· Had to leave her home and people in a moment’s notice?
· Had to trust 2 angels to lead her and her family out of town?
· Had to look back on the familiar, on the comfortable even when the Lord told her not to.
Again, as last week, we see that God used sinners to do His extraordinary work! But that’s just it; it was His glorious work, not the work of the characters of the stories. God is glorious, not the people.
Someone once said, “It’s obvious God loves ordinary people; that’s why He created so many of them.”
BE IN THE WORD
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23)
BE EDUCATED:
Read these stories for yourself and see exactly what you can pull out of them and what God can reveal to you. Job’s wife is of course found in the book of Job but her famous line is Job 2:9. As you read the story of Job, insert his wife into the story of all the loss. Make it real that she suffered, too. Lot’s wife is found in Genesis 19.
BE DOERS, NOT JUST HEARERS:
Consider this quote:
David Guzik, “Instead of trusting God to fulfill what He had promised, Rebekah went about to do what she thought was right in man-centered wisdom and strength. Her good intentions did not justify this self-centered approach.”
This can be said of all of the women we are going to study. So, here is the question for you this week? Have you ever stopped to consider the feelings of women around you that might motivate them to do what they do instead of just jumping to conclusions and judgements?
For more resources, make sure to visit our website.
You can also find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Join our Be Together Community! It’s a private Facebook group where we gather regularly to encourage, uplift and pray for one another. Click here to join!
As always, thank you for listening! Make sure to rate and review us, as it helps more women find our podcast. And be sure to follow us on Instagram at Be Still Be Free.