But....we need to remember:
Genesis 2:18 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
We were and still are the answer to the problem! That is, IF we choose to be!
Eve was without sin and lived in a PERFECT ENVIRONMENT. We need to understand that no matter where we are and no matter what is happening; things aren't going to be perfect! We as women, want so much and get so upset when things don't go as planned. We are ruled by our emotions even when things are good around us we get upset, even when we are in the will of God. We make decisions based on deception through our feelings! We think we need a better environment, more money, bigger home, more friends, better family ect... (put your environment you desire in the blank!). Bottom line is, Eve had the perfect environment and she still influenced her family to sin. We have to live under curses because of it.
The women led the old testament into sin as well as the new testament into salvation and the great commision.
While the men where discouraged and where bumming around, the WOMEN went to the tomb! They were actively pursuing Jesus even while they thought He was dead! They are to be our example.
Matthew 28
1 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. 4 And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men.The guards (men) where scared to death and fainted!! The women didn't! This should encourage us!
Matt 28:5 But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7 And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you.” 8 So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word.
They were told NOT TO BE AFRAID! JESUS HAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD! We do not need to be fearful, Jesus is still alive! He allowed the woman to find out the good news first and bring the good news to the men! Jesus allowed women to rally the men and encourage the men with the good news! They went and gathered the disciples and organized the meeting; while the men were walking around, with their heads to the floor, discouraged and broken.
Even Peter, went backwards! He went back to fishing......I guess we can see that when things don't go our way, we easily go back to what we are comfortable in... our OLD WAYS! Peter actually separated from the others! Mark 16:7 (New King James Version) But go, tell His disciples—and Peter—that He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you.” Notice: Peter wasn't with the other disciples.
Matt 28:9 And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me.”
Jesus met with the women after the angel told them to go tell the men. They had an encounter with the risen Jesus on the way. In their obedience and in the mist of rallying the men is when they had an encounter with the risen savior! We need to be obedient in order to experience Him. Jesus came to them! He then told them to Rejoice! Rejoice is a verb (a verb is performance of an action not a feeling) to be glad; take delight. He didn't say to try and be glad, He said to do it. Then they worshipped Him. This is a critical part; we will not be able to truly be glad unless we worship Jesus!
Worship (verb...action) reverent love and devotion, profound dedication; consecration. Devotion is more than words. It is profound and devote.
During worship, Jesus instructed them! During worship wneed to be and do. Without TRUE WORSHIP, we will lack instruction from God. He told the women not to be afraid. Afraid is an emotion. We need to stop feeling and start worshipping. This will help us to be the women the men need us to be and woman that God has called us to be. No matter what we do as women, we will have a tendency to be led by our feelings! True worship will help us not to fall to this trap. Feeling are good......when they are used correctly!
Matt 28:11 Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all the things that had happened. 12 When they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, 13 saying, “Tell them, ‘His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we slept.’ 14 And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will appease him and make you secure.” 15 So they took the money and did as they were instructed; and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
While you are doing the will of God opposition will always come! Count on it! They lied about the Disciples, this is interesting to me. Even though the women where with the guards and saw what happen the people didn't give the women any second thought. They believed the soldiers not the women. They slandered the men and discredited the women. This same thing plays out all the time to this day. The women aren't given any credit and the men are slandered! Not to mention the religious people, the ones that everyone "trusts", appeased the people. How many times have you heard; she is just a woman or he is a man.....men lie?
Matt 28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
The great commission can not be executed unless the woman start rallying the men! The women will either rise to the occasion or decide, like Eve, to be ruled by her emotions and then feed her family sin. As women, we have the ability to influence our men ...not just our husbands! Just like Eve did in the garden or Mary Magdalene and Mary did with the good news. We choose! We aren't supposed to sit down and just wait tell the men rise up! We are to rise, we are to rally and encourage the men to rise!
I truly believe that you can have the most powerful man of God ever and his wife can influence him to be less than what God wants. She can serve him sin.
Have you ever noticed that a woman can see things a lot of times that men don't pick up on? Do we think that is a coincidence? We have "gut feelings and "intuition". Do we go home and shed light on our husbands and get them rallied up and excited to make things better and do the will of God or do we go home and tell our husbands everything we see and how bad things are and make them discouraged? We, as women, need to see the roles God has given us and how important it is for the kingdom of God to advance. It can not happen if we choose to be negative full of deception and being ruled by our feelings. We need to get on our faces in worship...true worship and be obedient to the call on our lives. Let nothing stop you! People think its better to be a man, but I say the men cant be the men they need to be, unless, the women rise up! You say you love God and you want to do the will of God, however, we will see by your actions, regardless of how you feel. Lets bring good news to our men, lets rally them, lets be about our Fathers business.
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