WHERE DO WE SHINE?
In the post below we notice that God is glorified when those around us see our good works. Who are going to see our good works first? Our husband and children of course. If we can’t show our good works in our home, it’s not much use starting outside the home.
The wonderful thing is that God explicitly shows us what kind of good works He wants us to do. He doesn’t leave us in the dark.
In Titus 2:3-5 where it tells the older women to teach the younger women, the plan is very specific. The older women are to teach “GOOD things.” Do you notice that it says GOOD things? What are these good things? “To be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands.” These are GOOD things. And therefore when we do these things with a joyful heart unto the Lord we GLORIFY the Father.
In another Scripture speaking about women it tells us the same thing. 1 Timothy 5:10 says that women are to be “reported of for GOOD works.” What are these GOOD works? “If she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.”
We see here a picture of a nurturing mother, firstly embracing, nurturing, and feeding her children. But she never gives up her nurturing heart. Instead, it gets bigger and bigger. She continues her nurturing anointing as she reaches out to the needy and opens wide her home for hospitality.
These are the practical good works that glorify our Father in heaven.
Are you glorifying God in your home today?
Blessings from Nancy Campbell
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