Tuesday // 12 November 2024
The captivating beauty of the SOUL
> Beauty should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a GENTLE and QUITE SPIRIT, which is of great worth in God’s sight. 1 Peter 3:4
Peter writes about the qualities of good wives. BEAUTY was one of them. This beauty relates to the inner man which is the soul of a person. The seat of will, emotions and desires. This beauty is not inherent neither is it in outward appearance, but it is cultivated intentionally and lies in the disposition of the inner man. The holy women of old were beautiful before God in that way. Such beauty is indeed captivating.
Wisdom has many quiet daughters throughout the biblical storyline, “holy women who hoped in God” (1 Peter 3:5) and who silenced sin and Satan through the beauty of a quiet life. Peter points us to Sarah, whose quiet submission to Abraham made her the mother of many nations (1 Peter 3:6). Alongside her, we might mention Ruth and Hannah, Abigail and Esther, Elizabeth and Mary, among others — women whose quietness spoke a louder word than the voice of folly.
Study such women, and you will not observe any sense of tearful inferiority, as if they were any less mighty than the men beside them. Ruth used meekness while making a bold request to Boaz and became David’s great-grandmother. Hannah mixed quiet love for Elkanah with a mighty life of prayer — and under God, her secret words shook the world. Hallelujah 🙌
Your brother in Christ,
Apostle Ashok Martin