Desiring to be a Proverbs 31 woman.

I recently heard a great sermon by Joshua Harris called, "A Woman of Valor."  Pastor Harris took the passage in Proverbs 31 to present this sermon.  He used a lot of really great examples in this message, but the one that really stuck out to me the most was when he described what it would be like if he took his little girl to the mall one day and decided to take her by every store and stop to look at the way each one of them advertised their merchandise, such as on posters, mannequins, etc.  In doing this exercise, what would his little girl think about femininity and what it means to be a woman?  She would think that you had to look a certain way, act a certain way, dress a certain way, be a certain body type in order to be accepted by society.  All the things that his little girl would see is the exact opposite of what God calls a woman to be in scripture.  


God calls us to be women who fear the Lord.  He doesn't wish for us to seek to be women that the world wants us to be...women who use their bodies and attitudes to seduce and get their way.  Why do you think all the other passages in the book of Proverbs warn us to stay away from the adulteress woman?  She is a woman of foolish and wicked desires.  "With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.  All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird  rushes into a snare; he does not know it will cost him his life" (Proverbs 7:21-23).


May the Lord raise up more Proverbs 31 women. "...She is far more precious than jewels" (Proverbs 31:10)


Here is the link below if you would like to listen to the sermon by Josh Harris:
http://www.covlife.org/resources/3499575-The_Woman_of_Valor