What is your home's story??
As a woman we need to have our priorities in proper perspective. Many times we feel the need to do sooo many things - our "lists" just get longer and longer, many times leaving us feeling useless and sometimes inadequate But what should our main priority be? To have Jesus reign in our heart and in our home and to teach this to our children.
You see the point is not about having a house... four walls and a roof.... but our goal should be to have a home where Jesus is at the center. I love the saying that goes - Christ is the center of our home, a guest at every meal, a silent listener to every conversation. It is a reminder that Christ is ever present in our home. That our worship does not consist of just Sunday mornings - but it is our life - that He is in every area of our lives.
Unless the Lord builds the house - those who build labor in vain... Psalm 127:1
In order for the Lord to build our house so that it can become a home - it requires us to relinquish control, to be obedient to what He would want us to do as women, to stop complaining and be more thankful to the many blessings all around us. Oh how I love to have control... but that has often lead to disagreements and feeling hurt - many times realizing that its not about me or what I want to do or how I want to do it. I have come to learn that we are inadequate in our own strength, we need to depend on the Lord and trust in His word. Let us not get caught up in the rush rush of life - trying accomplish a list of things... will these pursuits ever give us the sustaining joy and fulfillment that God desires to freely give us?
And if we do attempt any work without God, we can expect failure. Even if you achieve a measure of apparent success, that success will be a pointless accomplishment, devoid of God's blessing and therefore devoid of any real satisfaction for our soul.
We have to be obedient to what God wants us to do.
If we are wise women, we have to be aware that we are on assignment from God and building a home is a life long assignment. This assignment begins early in the day meditating on the word of God - before the children even awake... and pondering on them late at night when all have gone to bed. But it is also important that we include our children - that they see His word lived out in our lives throughout the day. A couple of years ago I read that Priscilla Shirer - Tony Evans daughter - purposely positions herself somewhere in the house so when her kids get up, they are going to catch her praying or reading the bible. She does that so that they can see that it is a vital part of her life.
As Godly women we cannot be conformed to this world - and what this world tells what what our home should have, should be... but it should be transformed by the renewal of our mind, that by testing we may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect for our homes. Romans 12:2 Our home should be a place of refuge and love for our husband and children. A place where they will feel safe and loved.
What can we do in our homes, in our lives... to achieve this? Let us begin by praying for God's guidance, for His instruction and something I find so very important - older women I encourage you to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. Titus 2:3-5
Let us begin today - to make our house a home - a place where God's love is felt, where memories are created, and where our children and husband will feel joyful in... Its not about what we "have" in our homes... but its all about Jesus... Have you invited Him to reign in your home?
