Good morning, afternoon or evening. Remember what they say, "it is 5:00 somewhere." :) Hope your having a great day!!! I pray what I share will encourage those who are discouraged with no hope and for those also who are encouraged, but need a multi vitamin for the day.
On Monday we shared the scriptures on how that the enemy is out to destroy us as women and to keep us from the destiny that God has for us. How as women, we are a threat to him and his purposes on the earth.
Lets go back to Genesis 3:15 shall we, and look at it a little further today.
Genesis 3:15- And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her Offspring; He will bruise and tread your head underfoot, and you will lie in wait and bruise His heal. Amplified Version
My husband Bill and I have been involved with two situations overseas, that has opened our eyes to understanding the above verse in a new way. Bill has been working with people who have DID and SRA for quite sometime. But last October the door was burst wide open. To make a long story short, we got involved with an occult situation that was way over our heads, but it was Abba's purpose for all this to happen and we have been learning a great deal.
One morning around 2:30, I was talking to a young lady overseas trying to help her through an incredibly awful situation where torture is involved. Suddenly a man comes on and demands that I get Bill for him. Well first of all, those are fighting words. So I said, trying to remain calm, "who is this please?" He got back on and once again demanded that I get Bill and get him now!! I could feel my anger starting to rise inside and that is never good in these kinds of situations. I gently said, actually I typed, "my husband is sleeping and I won't wake him up. He has had a busy day." Well let me tell you, that didn't fly at all. He then started to threaten me and demand this and that. I finally said, " you are talking to the wrong woman and if you are threatening me its not going to work." Well he returns with, "women are to be dominated and controlled and told what to do." Oh boy, that was all I needed. I knew I had better get off in a hurry, so once again in capitol letters I said, "YOU ARE TALKING TO THE WRONG WOMAN.!!!!! Then I left the site.
As I was laying in bed, my stomach was in knots and I was seething inside by what he had said. What he said really struck a cord in me and I wondered why I was reacting so strongly inside. Bill has a saying, that when the response far out ways the actions in a given situation, that we need to check out our hearts and ask Papa God what is going on. I started praying and asking why this so upset me. What was the problem? Then as clearly as I have ever heard the voice of Abba before, He said, "when are you going to realize that the enemy knows scripture better than you and not only does he know it, he believes it." Wow, talk about a slap across the face! I sat up in bed and began to ponder what He had just said to me, realizing, that it was so true. We don't really believe His word or know it. Of course, the enemy always quotes the letter of the word and never gives the spirit of the word. He does quote it well and accurate. We have seen that time and time again from overseas.
As I continued to pray, the Holy Spirit spoke and said, "make sure you read the first three chapters of Genesis tomorrow. You will find a key." Next morning as I began reading Genesis chapter 1&2, I became aware of so many things, which began to set me free inside from years of spiritual abuse as a woman.
1. That man and woman were created equal. That one did not rule over the other. That in the sight of God they were considered equal and were in unity one with the other, submitting one to the another. I didn't see anything about men dominating women or for that matter women ruling over men. They were as one.
Read Genesis 1: 26-31
2. That we as women were not a mistake or an after thought, and created just because Adam was lonely and needed a help meet. God saw every thing He had made and "behold it was very good." God said that about us as women. He was pleased at the way He had built us. He had a purpose for our lives besides having children, cleaning house, cooking meals, etc. Not that those things are bad. As women we usually love doing those things that make our families happy. But that is not all we are called to do. We have a destiny apart from all of that. HE longs for relationship with us.
3. Adam and Eve had fellowship with God together. One wasn't more intellectual than the other or more spiritual. They both heard from God and walked with Him in fellowship in the Garden of Eden. Its amazing how many women believe that only their husbands can hear from God for them. The whole book of Song of Solomon is God relating to His bride. Speaking to her and wooing her. We can have a personal relationship with Abba apart from our husbands and we can hear from Him if we listen. We can have a relationship to Abba apart from our leaders in the church. God relates to all of us in different ways. I have 4 sons. When growing up, they all related to me in a different fashion. Daniel my first born, was quiet and observed a lot and was very meticulous about certain things. Stephen was always concerned about the needs of others and usually went to help the underdog. Sometimes a good thing and sometimes a bad thing. Philip was my spontaneous one. Always humorous and living for the moment. The fourth Joseph, loved music and had all the characteristics of the other 3. None of them were the same. They may have looked the same in some respects, but not the same in character. Each had their own relationship with me and their father. All were in a different way. If that is the case, what makes it different with our relationship with Abba Father? He made us women all differently and He desires His own personal relationship with us. God created us and HE said that HE did a great job!!!! My husband always says, that men were created from the dust of the earth, but that God built women. Woot woot! Love it!!
So we go back to where all this started. Are we going to believe God or the enemy satan? Remember in chapter 3 of Genesis the famous phrase, "hath God said?" Are we going to begin to believe that we were made for a purpose a destiny, or are we going to continue to feel second rate, that were not worth anything, that this is the way life is and there is nothing we can do about it but just accept it. That it is the mans position to dominate and control instead of lovingly caring for us and walking side by side in unity. Sometimes ladies that can be a hiding place for us. We hide behind our mate and take on the abuse, or just walk day by day doing the same old things, never feeling fulfilled. Do we do that, because then we don't have to own up to any responsibility on our part? We all need to examine our hearts and honestly see what is our motives. God is lovingly asks us to come by His side and walk with Him, as He did in the Garden of Eden. He wants to communicate to us our self worth and how important we are to what He plans ahead in His kingdom. Do we want to choose to be concubines or His wife? You know a concubine has all the benefits, but not His name or relationship. If you have Jesus, you have it all!!!!!
Jesus thank you that you love us so much that your willing to continue to woo us to yourself. That your not harsh or cruel. Even when things don't seemingly go the way we would like, you have a much better plan in mind that goes along with our makeup and who we are. That you don't take away without replacing something better in our lives. Thank you that you created us women all differently and that we are not just a second thought, but that you knew exactly what you were doing and what we were designed for in your Kingdom. Jesus I ask once again, that you will bring peace to those who are in difficult situations and that you will come in some way to reassure them that you care very much about them and what they are facing. That you are very much a reality and not just a story. I love you Jesus and I thank you, for helping me to share what was on my heart today. May it sink way down deep in all of us I pray. In your precious, precious name, Amen.
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