GOD SENT…MADE OF A WOMAN. (Galatians 4:4)

GOD SENT…MADE OF A WOMAN.”

(Galatians 4:4)

“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:  And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.”  (Joel 2:28-29)

In the end-time there will be a revival, a great outpouring of the Spirit.  It is promised that daughters and handmaids will be involved.  God will use those women who have prepared themselves by praying in the Holy Ghost and by building themselves up in the faith.

Just as travailing is required to bring forth a newborn baby, travailing women in the church can bring forth revival!  It is of special significance that the praying that produces revival is called travailing prayer. Women who have borne children can truly understand this meaning. 

“Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.  Who hath heard such a thing? Who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.” (Isaiah 66:7-8)

         

“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.” (Romans 8:26-27)

“But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost.” (Jude 20)

We have a tremendous responsibility.  God wants to use each of us in some way.

“…God sent forth His Son, made of a woman…” (Galatians 4:4).   We can be involved. Although Eve is at fault for introducing sin into the world, it is to the same woman that God gave the very first promise of redemption.   “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” (Genesis 3:15) This promise was fulfilled through Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Throughout history God has used women.  Moses was to be the great deliverer for the children of Israel, but Jochebed, his mother, was an important part of this salvation.  She prepared the basket and trusted God to protect her little boy.  Miriam, the sister of Moses, was hidden in the bulrushes to watch over Moses.  Miriam was later the woman who led the women in singing and dancing after crossing the Red Sea on dry ground.  Jochebed was able to keep Moses for several years and teach him about the one true and living God.  Again we see that God, through a woman, Jochebed, and a little girl, Miriam, sent salvation to Israel.  “God sent…made of a woman!”

We hear much about Joseph who saved the people of God during a famine.  But Joseph had a mother named Rachel who was barren until she began to pray.  “…Give me children, or else I die.” (Genesis 30:1)   We read about the life of Joseph and how God used him but behind him stands a woman determined to bring forth.    “God sent…made of a woman!”

Esther was a woman who through her obedience, prayer and fasting saved the entire Jewish nation.  God desires to use each of you. Yes, we are under the authority of the man, and we realize our place but can still be an important part in the work of the Lord.  We can help create happy Christian homes, and teach our children the truths of God.  We can be witnesses to our friends, neighbours, and families by our example of a steadfast holy life in Christ.  True Christian women should be living according to the commandments of God.

         

Ø    A woman was among the last ones left at the cross. (Matthew 27:55-56)

Ø    A woman was the first one at the tomb. (Matthew 28:1)

Ø    A woman was the first messenger of the resurrection. (Matthew 28: 8-10)

Ø    Women were in the upper room on the day of Pentecost. (Acts 1:14)

Women can be moved upon by God to fulfill His will.  Revival is happening around the world. Many are hearing the truth and accepting it.  We must be ready to gather the harvest.  We should purpose in our hearts; “I will lead others to pray, I will knock on the doors of my neighbours, I will teach others about the Truth.  I will be a vessel ready and willing to be used by God.  I will do my best to walk in the Spirit and let God lead my life.”

Even in all of this we can keep our rightful place under the authority of God and man, and keep a meek and a quiet spirit yielded and submissive to God.

“But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.” (1 Peter 3:4)

“Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.  The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.   Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.”  (1 Corinthians 7:3-5)

“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.”  (Ephesians 5:22)

“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”  (Colossians 3:18)

“Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.  Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.  For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:”  (1 Peter 3:1-5)

“God sent…made of a woman.”  Let God use you.  We must bear spiritual children.  We have the TRUTH!   If we do not tell others, then who will tell them?  Do we sit idly by and watch them go their way toward hell?  Can we sit comfortably in our home and church and not be concerned for souls?  Do you realize what an eternity in hell really signifies?  We have the true joy, peace, love, and assurance of eternal life and not eternal damnation.  God will use you to show others the way if you will place yourself in His hands, make yourself available to Him.  It is a privilege to work for God!