Jun 19th, 2012 Just For Ladies by Camille Stahl

Today’s Passage – Psalms 17 – 20

(Second Milers also read – James 5 – 1 Peter 3; Psalms 91 – 95; Proverbs 19)

Scripture Memory for June – Psalm 139

Listen to this morning’s Scripture song – Psalm 51

The Study of Women in the Bible

This Week – Noah’s Wife

Good morning and welcome back to “Women in the Bible”. This week we will be looking at an obedient and faithful women of God with no name – Noah’s wife.

“These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.” (Genesis 6:9)

“But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.” (Genesis 6:18)

With the fall of Adam and Eve, the world became more and more evil. In Genesis 6, the Bible tells us that it repented the LORD that He created man and He was going to destroy it, but Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. So God told Noah what He was about to do and asked Noah to build an ark. I don’t know about you but if my husband came home and told me that, well!

A Faithful Woman

Noah’s wife was a Godly wife with much faith in both God and her husband. She stood behind her husband, while the rest of the world mocked him. She must have felt isolation when her friends and other family members walked away from them. She was committed to serving her family for many years in building a huge boat and supplying it with thousands of animals. Oh yeah, and living on it for a year. She was about to preform a task which no other woman was asked to do.

Where did she get great faith from? Maybe it the result of serving God for many years. It could have been because God provided for her family in the past, and she knew she could trust Him in the future.

How can we develop such great faith? Simple, spend time with God. When we take time each day to study His word and talk to Him, we learn to hear that still small voice. We grow closer to Him and learn His way for our life. Trusting and obeying Him in the small things, gets us ready for the things that seem to “BIG”.

A Righteous Woman

She trained her boys to love the Lord. She taught them to pray. She told them about and Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel and the consequences they suffered. They helped with building the ark and the wives they select also entered the ark. I believe she worked hard training her sons and did a great job. Remember the rest of the world was wicked in the sight of the Lord.

We also should teach others about God. How? By example. Being an example is louder then words.

If they see you pray, they will pray. If they see you do whats right, they will do whats right. Will they mess up? Yes!, but we still should do all we can.

A Compassionate Woman

News about the ark spread quickly. People came from a far to see them building a boat in the middle of dry land. For 100 years she begged and pleaded with them to serve the Lord, but no one listened. They laughed and mocked as they heard the story of the coming rain. I can only imagine how she felt knowing their fate as she pleaded with them to trust in the Lord. Yet she stayed by her husband’s side to finish the work of God. Her heart must have crushed, when she heard the cry’s and screams of the people outside the ark. The waters became, deeper and deeper until —- a hush.

How can we be a compassionate woman?

“There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.” – (Luke 16:19-26 KJV)

Need I say more. We learn John 3:16 and Psalm 23 but I believe these should be verses we repeat to ourselves everyday. If we keep the fire of hell in the front of our minds, it will be very easy to be compassionate to all around us. I ask myself, who is getting on the ark because of me? I will ask you, who will be on the ark because of you?

A Busy Woman

Noah’s wife had 3 sons. That in itself will keep any woman busy, but lets remember the times in which they lived. There was no electric which means, no washer, dryer or dishwasher. No cars or store to buy anything. They had to grow their own food and kill the meat gather wood for a fire to cook. As more and more trees were needed, they had to travel to acquire them. While on the ark, she had to help with taking care of the animals. The list goes on and on. With all she had going on in her life she still had time for God. We know this because the Bible says the Noah found grace in the sight of the Lord. He was a just man, perfect in his generations, and he walked with God. If Noah’s wife was not a Godly woman, she would have never stayed with her family while they were getting ready to enter the ark.

How can we keep our lives in order and still have time for God?

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these thing shall be added unto you.” (Matthew 6:33)

Although we ladies of today are busy, God should be a priority. If Noah’s wife did not keep focused on God, she wouldn’t have lived the life she did. Even Jesus instructed Martha to be careful not to miss what was important. Martha complained about her sister Mary not helping because she was sitting at the feet of Jesus.

As ladies, no matter if you are young or old, married with children or not, the most important thing we can do for our families is to sit at the feet of Jesus. I hope to see you there!

Thank You

1 John 5:13