I am calling those that are willing to push through to their breakthrough to walk with me. Ladies, I want to make an extremely important point in this movement. God gifted you with the power to give life; both physically and spiritually, your men need you to stand with them.
This is not a time for division. Put you personal differences aside and honor God by doing for your man that which only you can do: birth him into greatness.
That starts with affirming him in his calling. One of the things I notice in this western culture in which the family nucleus has suffered greatly is the fact that everyone is looking to serve self. The marriage was not designed by God to foster narcissism. The one thing I see with women that is not biblical is they are out looking for this great man and not realizing that their great man has most likely not manifested his greatness.
One of the main reasons is that the wife plays a major role in the birthing of that greatness. God gifted her that way. When you research the great men of this world, both biblical an secular, contemporary and those of antiquity, the common thread is great women. These women did not come into their lives after they were great. These women looked through their weaknesses and saw their strengths; they looked through their current state and saw their potential.
Abraham was a member of a family of some noteworthiness when he married his half sister Sarah, but he was nowhere close to being what he would become, and even through impatience she was a part of his increase. Peter was a fisherman when he married his wife, though it is not mentioned we know, by the prayer meeting when Peter was in Jail that she was a woman of strength and she undoubtedly was a part of his growth. I'm sure after his big failure at Calvary, she spoke words of encouragement that was at least powerful enough for him to reunite with the other Apostles. Martin Luther King Jr. was just a young preacher's kid at Morehouse University when he met Coretta, but she saw the potential for greatness. Malcolm was preaching in small storefronts when he met Betty, but she saw the potential of a man that would change the world around him. I could go on; Boaz wasn't doing bad when Ruth came along, but she enhanced him through her virtue. David was a warrior on the run for his life when he met Abigail, but even when her soon to be deceased husband didn't recognize who David was, she did. When her husband died she road off into the sunset with the warrior on the run, but she was standing there when he was crowned king.
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| Dr. Rick Wallace |
What am I saying? I'm saying that some of you have lost sight of the potential and light that attracted you to your husbands and now you spend the majority of your time telling him what he is not instead of confirming and affirming who he is. Others are looking for Mr. Right but are not willing to take the raw material God has given them and polish the strengths while influencing the weaknesses. Women, your man's greatness is dependent upon your willingness to invest in it.
We are entering one of the most pivotal times in the history of the Church and we need our men to be at full strength and ready for battle. When the man is right, focused, and centered in Christ, the family nucleus will become strong, there will be a paradigmatic shift in the community, and the Christian impact this country once knew will return. I am calling the men to rise, but women they need you to be at your best at their side in order to pull the load that I am asking them to pull. If you will stand with them, the body of Christ is about to make the boldest statement it has made since the times of the early Church, but it will require men that are committed. Let's do this. ~ Dr. Rick Wallace
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