Job 2:8-10 (New Living Translation)
8 Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes. 9 His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die.” 10 But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong.
When things are falling apart around you; its easy to throw in the towel. People may look into your situation... but have no idea what its like to be in your shoes. Jobs wife, alot of times gets the bad rap. She says "curse God and die"....but if you look at her with a self righteous attitude, be careful, that might be you next month! I truly believe that this woman loved God but that she was being pressed like never before! Its always easy to judge when your on the outside of the boxing ring, but if you are in the fight, you get tired.
Notice: Job replied."you talk like a foolish woman", this is why I did this study. I have been where Jobs wife is. Tired of the trial, tired that my husband is being so strong... while I am pathetically crawling to survive. The trial Job went through, effected his whole family! His wife, kids, even his animals! I don't want to "talk or act like a foolish woman" when I am in these situations....and I don't want to act all righteous when I see others in thier trial either.
Proverbs 14:1 A wise woman builds her home,
but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.
How many times have we gotten so mad, we act like we don't care, we say forget it! no more! I am done! I quit! While things are hard we need to be very careful, and remember that our trials and decisions can effect our spouse and children. If we are foolish we will tear our house down.....the bible says that this is not wise. The question is: will our spouse and children be able to recover from it if we act foolish? Even in the face of adversity we must develop a home that we can build our families up! A peaceful invironment for our family. A sanctuary we can run to, feel safe from the world. It shouldn't be a place where our family dreads coming to, because of fighting and turmoil. Or because they never know what to expect from us.
Notice in the next scripture that wisdom is referred to as a woman!
Proverbs 9:1 (NLT)
Wisdom has built her house;
she has carved its seven columns.
The seven pillars: the number 7 represents completeness and pillars represent stability. She has carved them...she has labored and worked hard for the completeness and stability in her home. It doesn't come natural....it isn't easy, it was hard.
Proverbs 9:2 (NLT)
She has prepared a great banquet,
mixed the wines, and set the table.
The wise woman prepared a feast! The banquet included MEAT, WINE and A LOVELY TABLE.
Meat was the mark of a feast in biblical times. Feasts are not thrown together, they are well thought out! A homemaker would add spices to the wine to make it smell good. She pays attention to the details. Similar to when we put a bouquet of flowers on the table for decoration, or season the food to make the flavor better. It would also bring a smell that would improve the taste to the meal. She is a good hostess! Wisdom was busy while the foolish woman sat at the entrance of her house with very little to do.
Proverbs 9:13-14 (New King James Version) A foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knows nothing. For she sits at the door of her house, On a seat by the highest places of the city
This verse contrast the previous verse....a foolish woman is loud brash and lacks understanding. She doesn't prepare a banquet nor does she pay attention to details. She SITS with nothing to do, bored!
Its interesting if you continue to read the two different scriptures about the foolish and wise; both women call out to the people but the foolish woman calls out with a bit of a twist.
The Wise Woman:
Proverbs 9:4-6 (NKJV)
4 “ Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
5 “ Come, eat of my bread And drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding.
The Foolish Woman:
Proverbs 9:15-17 (NKJV)
15 To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their way:
16 “ Whoever is simple, let him turn in here”; And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
17 “ Stolen water is sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
Its amazing to me that both are reaching out! We will outreach for God or for hell, whether we think so or not. We are either foolish or wise.
I believe all of us have a desire to be good wives and mothers, but we need to be very aware of what we are doing. This will testify whether we are being foolish or wise. Even the godliest woman can fall. (Jobs wife) If we have strayed off that straight and narrow path, God is faithful to restore us. We need to repent, ask for forgiveness and press for the mark! Just like the seven pillars...we need to strive for completeness and stability! Our emotions (women) can be very unstable at times...I have been praying that God would stabilize my emotions and that He would make me complete! We can't do this in our own power....It has to be God! Trust in Him and do not lean on your own understanding!
Pray like it all depends on God, and act like it all depends on you. Be busy about your fathers business. It will keep you. I have noticed when I stop doing my Fathers business; church and stuff becomes boring....but when I am about His business it comes to life, fun, fullfilling, exciting and most of all it brings joy to my household!
The Joy of the Lord is our strength! The Joy comes from works!
Galatians 6:4 (AMP) But let every person carefully scrutinize and examine and test his own conduct and his own work. He can then have the personal satisfaction and joy of doing something commendable [[in itself alone] without [resorting to] boastful comparison with his neighbor.
Matthew 25:3-4 (NKJV) Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
Matthew 7:24-27 (NKJV)
“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
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