Character Qualities Of A Godly Woman

- This next one is particularly appropriate for the day:

A GODLY WOMAN IS NURTURING (V.27-29)

- In vv.27-29 it says: She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.”

- We again find the idea of hard work here. In particular, working hard to manage the home. A godly woman, wife, and mother, cares for her family in such a way that she tends to the needs of the household, and her husband and children.

- Most of us have heard it said that “being a mother doesn’t make you a mom.” There are certain things that moms and wives do or don’t do that define their relationship with their husbands and children. The same is true with godliness. Certain characteristics define whether or not you are pursuing godliness. These are just a few of those things.

- And we can sum them all up with v.30: Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

A GODLY WOMAN FEARS THE LORD (V.30)

- It doesn’t take much to connect the dots here. The fear of God is what motivates godly behavior; in women and men alike. “Fear” here means to stand in awe of, revere, or respect. And yes, to be afraid of God’s holiness. All of those emotions are applicable.

- A godly women understands, as Solomon wrote in Proverbs 1 that: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. A woman of worth; a woman of virtue; an excellent woman, serves Christ reverently with her whole heart, and longs to be whatever he wants her to be.

CONCLUSION

- Now guys, don’t go home and try to use these things against the women in your life. If you think you have ammunition, just remember, Father’s Day is coming. What a godly man is, is next on the docket.

- Ladies, let me encourage you: in the midst of all that our culture pressures you to be, be a biblical woman. Be trustworthy, hard working, generous, dignified, and nurturing. Fear the Lord your God, and we men will come alongside you and say with the proverb: Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.