Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God. – 1 Peter 3:3-4 (NLT)
In other words…
A quiet spirit is a disposition of peace, rest, and confidence in our husband’s ability to lead us. Just like the peace and rest in our ability for Christ to lead us through his Spirit along with his word.
To not trust our husband is to insult his ability and character. Just like to not trust God, and rest in what he says insults the very nature of who God is. This is a huge insult to a man.
With this understanding, I am more thankful for the many trials and tribulations that the Lord has allowed me to go through to increase my trust in him. Truly, enduring through the trials of life is also a huge part of preparation for marriage for the single woman of God. Walking through the trials of life with God teach her how to trust him on another level.
This is the type of a woman that when her husband loses his job; she will tell him it will be okay, and she still trusts in him. This is the type of a woman that a real man of God needs by his side.
This is how the holy women of old made themselves beautiful. They put their trust in God and accepted the authority of their husbands. For instance, Sarah obeyed her husband, Abraham, and called him her master. You are her daughters when you do what is right without fear of what your husbands might do. – 1 Peter 3:5-6
It is interesting that the above scripture used Sarah and Abraham as examples because of the next part of this blog series. It is important for us as women to respect, and submit to our husbands in peace or a quiet spirit because they are imperfect.
They will be leading and making mistakes at times because they are imperfect, and those are the main times when we will need to respect them because those will be their most vulnerable times, and it will take trust in God in order to do this. If you read the above scripture over again, you will see this specifically. Don’t miss it. It says, “They put their trust in God and accepted the authority of their husbands.” We can remain at peace following our husband’s leadership only when we trust in Christ.
Our next blog, will show an example of Sarah practicing trusting her husband Abraham when he is wrong, and how it turned out in both Sarah and Abraham’s favor due to the intervention of God. When the order of God is correct, it leaves room for God to intervene. Only wise women practice the things taught in this series.
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