WISE OR FOOLISH, PART 2

He cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness,
and the people with his truth”
(Psalm 96:13).

CHECK NO. 5

A wise woman knows that God has put the responsibility of teaching children into the hands of parents. She will make sure that the person who teaches her children is not influencing them against God’s principles and truth. If this happens, she will do something about it. If she cannot find a trustworthy school or private teacher, she will need to explore educating them at home. Deuteronomy 6:6-9 is in the context of the home, not the school.  Read it again.  

The wise woman is aware of what is happening in the public school system. The American Humanist, 1983 states: “The battle for humankind’s future must be waged and won in the public school classroom by teachers who currently perceive their role as the proselytizers of a new faith: a religion of humanity . . . to convey humanist values in whatever subject they teach, regardless of the educational level, preschool, daycare, or large state university. The classroom must and will become an area of conflict between the old and new – the rotting corpse of Christianity . . . and the new faith of humanism.”          

The foolish mother is too busy doing her own thing to notice that her children are being subtlety brainwashed with humanistic values. She prays in the morning that God will bless them and then sends them off to be taught by those who scoff at the things of God. But Psalm 1 says that our children will only be blessed when they DO NOT sit in the seat of the scoffers! 

CHECK NO. 6 

The wise woman has a meek and quite spirit. Today’s woman is encouraged to stand up for her rights and assert her demands. This is not the spirit of Christ in whose steps we are to follow.           

The wise woman understands the spirit of Christ is the spirit of meekness. (Matthew 11:28-30; Philippians 2:3; Colossians 3:12,13; and 1 Peter 3:1-6). 

The wise woman realizes the spirit of Christ is the spirit of serving her family and others before herself (Matthew 20:26-28 and Philippians 2:5-8). 

The wise woman acknowledges the spirit of Christ is the spirit of yielding to God’s will (Psalm 40:8 and Matthew 26:36-42). 

The wise woman turns away anger with a soft word (Proverbs 15:1).      

The wise woman is “easy to be entreated.” This is one of the seven pillars with which the wise woman builds her home (Proverbs 9:1; 23:3; and James 3:13-18). 

The wise woman has a humble spirit. She is aware that “unobtrusive humility is the proper attitude of true wisdom” (Isaiah 66:2; James 4:5, 6; and 1 Peter 5:5, 6). 

But the foolish woman is loud and defiant. She is also noisy (Proverbs 7:11 and 9:13). Job’s wife found it hard to yield to the sovereignty of God in their suffering and she complained bitterly. Job chided her and said: “You talk as one of the foolish women would talk” (Job 2.10). 

CHECK NO. 7 

A wise woman will endeavor to walk in God’s ways, not her own ways. She is aware of the voices of deception all around her and seeks diligently after God’s truth. She constantly searches God’s word to check that what she believes is Bible-based and not the humanistic philosophies of this age. This is vital, not only for herself, but for her children. She must know truth in order to teach her children the truth. She is most concerned that her children have a biblical worldview in every aspect of life. 

The woman of wisdom uses her understanding, but she does not lean on it. Just as a reed is useful to weave a basket yet is not strong enough to lean upon, so our own understanding can lead us astray. If we lean on it, we will lean to what benefits us, to selfishness, or to the easy way out (Isaiah 53:6; Proverbs 3:5-8; and 28:25,26).

It is only God’s truth that will stand the test of time. When God comes to judge the world, He will judge us with HIS TRUTH, not according to the man-made thought patterns of this world (Psalm 96:13). The foolish woman allows herself to be caught up in this world’s system.

May God help us all to be wise women who will build strong homes in our nation. 

Love from Nancy Campbell  
www.aboverubies.org

PRAYER:

“Dear God of all wisdom, I do not want to be a foolish woman. I want to be a wise woman who builds my house and makes it strong. Please lead me in the ways of wisdom and please expose all temptations and foolishness that would come to deceive me. In Jesus’ name. Amen.”

AFFIRMATION:

I‘m building my life and my home on God’s infallible Word.