“The wise woman builds her house,
But the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord,
But he who is devious in his ways despises Him.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his back,
But the lips of the wise will protect them.” (Proverbs 14:1-3 NASB1995)
When we believe in Jesus Christ with biblical faith, we die with Christ to our old lives of living in sin and for self, and we are raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but now as servants of the Lord Jesus, in walks of obedience to his commands, by his grace, in his power. So we are not to let sin reign any longer in our bodies to make us obey its desires, for if sin is what we obey, it leads to death. But if obedience is what we obey, it leads to righteousness, and its end is eternal life with Jesus Christ, our Lord (see Romans 6:1-23; Luke 9:23-26; Acts 26:18).
When the wise woman builds her house, from a spiritual point of view, she believes the teachings of the Scriptures, taught in their appropriate context, and she puts the Word of God into practice in her daily life, by the Spirit. Her life is surrendered to the Lord Jesus, to do his will, and she follows the Lord wherever he leads her in whatever he has called her to do, as his servant and messenger. Yet, this does not make her perfect in every way, for she is still clay in the hands of The Potter, being molded by God into the likeness of character of Jesus Christ, by God’s grace, in his power.
But she is a follower of Jesus Christ who is ready and willing to do God’s will and to fulfill his purpose for her life, under his guidance and direction, in his power. She is a student of the Scriptures who studies them in their appropriate context and who makes it her practice to test everything and everyone against the teachings of the Scriptures (in context) to make certain that she is believing and living the truth of God’s Word, and that she is not being deceived by the enemy of her souls who uses other human beings to do his bidding in spreading lies which are contrary to God’s Word.
She who teaches the Scriptures to others is careful and diligent to make certain that what she is teaching as truth is the truth, according to the Scriptures, and that she is teaching them in the correct context, in the same way in which Jesus taught them and that his New Testament apostles taught them. This is not to say that she never gets anything wrong, but that she is diligent in her pursuit of truth under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and as a serious student of the Scriptures, making sure, as much as possible, that what she is teaching others is the absolute truth and not the lies of Satan.
On the other hand, the person who is foolish goes more by her feelings, and she lets her emotions rule her heart and what she does and what she says instead of submitting to the will of God and building her house with spiritual wisdom, which comes from God. So she ends up tearing down the truth of the Scriptures to justify her own lifestyle, rather than to listen to the teachings of the Scriptures, and to follow them, instead. For she is being ruled by the flesh, and not by the Spirit, and according to her fleshly appetite, and not in accord with God’s Word. And God is not her LORD.
The encouragement for all of us here, whether we are male or female, is to make certain that our spiritual houses, our individual lives, are being built on the Lord and on the truth of the Scriptures, in their proper context, and as Jesus taught them, and as the New Testament apostles taught them (in full context). For Scriptures are being taught out of context much these days, and they are being interpreted in ways which are not in agreement with the context in which they were placed in the Scriptures. But how we live matters for eternity, because Jesus died so we’d die to sin and obey his commands.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-21; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
Walking in The Light
An Original Work / November 16, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Based off 1 John 1-2
When I lift up my voice, and
Sing praise unto God,
I will fellowship with my
Lord and Savior, King.
In Him there is no darkness.
He is in the light of truth.
If we walk in His light,
From sin He purifies.
If we repent of our sins,
He’ll forgive us now,
When we humble ourselves, and
Before Jesus bow.
The man who says, “I know Him,”
But does not obey His truth,
There is no truth in him.
In darkness still he’s found.
Do not love the world of sin,
For it is hell bound.
If you follow the world, you’ll
Not in Christ be found.
The world and its desires
Will not last; they’ll expire.
The one who does God’s will,
Receives eternal life.
See that what you have heard from
Christ remains in you.
Then, you’ll remain in Christ, and
In His Father, too.
This is what He promised us –
His eternal life with God.
So, continue in Him, and
You’ll receive a crown.
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The Wise Woman Builds Her House
An Original Work / February 23, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
www.christianpost.com
