I used to
hitchhike when I was a 13-16 years old as a teenager and I remember this
man picked me up and I had a “bad” feeling about him. I kept my hand
on the door knob to get out if I had any problems with him. It was popular to hitchhike back in the 70’s.
I picked up this woman hitchhiker in Brownsburg a few months ago right
on the entrance of the interstate on my way back home from meeting with
some single friends. I took her to West 16th Street and my children
thought I was crazy for picking her up. I don’t usually pick up
hitchhikers or hitchhike anymore, because it can be dangerous.
Hitchhiking is depending on someone else for a ride in their car.
Jesus warned about spiritual hitchhikers in his parable of the virgins.
At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took
their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were
foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did
not take any oil with them. The wise ones, however, took oil in jars
along with their lamps. The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and
they all became drowsy and fell asleep. Mathew 25:1-5
“At
midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet
him!’ “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The
foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are
going out.’
“‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for
both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for
yourselves.’ “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the
bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the
wedding banquet. And the door was shut. “Later the others also came.
‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’
“But he
replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’ “Therefore keep watch,
because you do not know the day or the hour. Mathew 25:6-15
I
went to the bank Friday and I got a bank officer to help me with a
problem with my mortgage since I got a statement showing I owed $860 in
fees. She had to talk to three people at headquarters, but she got the
problem solved that I am short on my house escrow account.
I
like it when people go to battle for me. When someone fights in Iraq.
At times when a person fights a spiritual battle for me by praying for
me. It's having my back, or being my wing man or wing woman.
Pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them.~ 1 Timothy 2:1,
I liked to pick my husband’s brain because he was a walking
encyclopedia. He was full of facts and information and if some big word
was in the newspaper article I was trying to read or a college book, I
knew he would have the answer.
He liked to pick my spiritual
brain, because he was a baby believer, but there comes a time that we
have to grow up in life. We have to grow up spiritually.
Growing up spiritually is when we use our own faith. We don’t always
depend on other people’s prayers of faith to get us through life, but we
stand on the word of God.
And the prayer offered in faith
will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has
sinned, he will be forgiven. James 5:15
The time came in
Peter’s life and also in all the apostles when Jesus asked Peter to feed
his sheep and his lambs. It’s when the Lord says I want you to go from
being a pupil of his word to being a teacher of his word. It reminds
me of what they say on Star Wars instead of being the pupil, we become
the teacher.
In fact, though by this time you ought to be
teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's
word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! Hebrews 5:12
I can credit every spiritual development in my life to a spiritual
woman mentor in my life, including losing my spouse that a woman at work
helped me who lost her husband.
What is a noble woman? We
have a clue in Proverbs 31, but I am going to take it a step further by
examining the New Testament on what noble character is considered in the
New Testament.
A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones. Proverbs 12:4
Paul said the Bearans were of noble character because they searched the scriptures daily.
Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians,
for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the
Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Many of the Jews
believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek
men. Acts 17:11-12
Many of the women in Paul/Peter’s day were
not educated and since they had segregation in synagogues or church
where men sat on one side and women sat on the other side to avoid
interruption and have them yell across the room, the men were to “teach”
the word of God to the women at home.
We don’t see this
anymore in our society where women can think for themselves, and also
study the word of God for ourselves. There is not a disparity between
sexes when it comes to social, spiritual or physical rewards. We are to
study the word of God, not hitchhike off a 20-minute sermon Sunday.
to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, Ephesians 5:26
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who
does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:15
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