From Him, Through Him, To Him

The true woman knows that deeper than her own limitations and problems, is the bedrock of God's riches, wisdom, and knowledge. His unseen yet sovereign, eternal purposes are underneath it all, holding it all together.

"There is no pit so deep that He is not deeper still." Betsie ten Boom, while dying in the Nazi concentration camp at Ravensbruck.

"The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms." Deut. 33:27

The Deep Riches of God

Rich in kindness, Romans 2:4

Rich in forbearance, Romans 2:4

Rich in patience, Romans 2:4

Rich in mercy, Eph. 2:4

Rich in grace, Eph. 1:7-8

The gold in God's mine will never be emptied. Never. It is limitless. It is inexhaustible. God will never experience economic collapse or even the slightest wave or bobble of uncertainty. "God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus" (Ph. 4:19). His always-available provision for your needs will neither strain nor drain the budget of the Most High. Rather, it will continue pouring from His hand into your life, utterly free and fathomless, from His bottomless resources. Whatever you need, whatever your deficit, the riches of God are more than what's required.

God knows everything--and everything about everything. The wisdom and knowledge of God are infinitely greater than our own.

"For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men" (1 Cor. 1:25)

Beyond Knowing

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! Rom 11:33

Inscrutable: incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; incomprehensible; not easily understood; mysterious.

"In every situation and circumstance of your life, God is always doing a thousand different things that you CANNOT see and you DO NOT KNOW." John Piper

God is everything we are not. He makes no mistakes. He's not indebted to anyone, doesn't owe us anything. Nothing ever just occurs to God. Nothing ever surprises Him. He never has to scramble to come up with a solution. He has no sudden starts or emergency situations.

Circumstances may be difficult. They may be hard to understand--incomprehensible to your feeble sense. It may seem that His plan is not working; you can't imagine how the outcome could be anything but bleak. But you can be assured that God doesn't make mistakes. He has an eternal purpose in mind--a plan for the display of His glory throughout all the universe. He is working out that plan, and you are a part of it. You don't have to know what He's doing. Or why. The fact is, He knows. And that's all that really matters. and if you trust Him, in time, you will thank Him for the treasures that have resulted from those trials.

He is the Source and origin of our existence. He "upholds the universe by the world of his power". He is our supreme purpose. He is our goal. He created all things--for Himself and His pleasure. When we oppose His righteous, unsearchable judgements, He lovingly disciplines us as His children until we're back in line with the way things really are, the way He created all things to operate. And what is our response? "To him be glory forever. Amen" (Romans 11:36) Therefore, we submit our entire lives to His holy, eternal purposes. Amen. Let it be so!

Nancy Leigh Demoss,

Chapter 2

Voices of the True Woman Movement,

A Call to the Counter-Revolution

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! "For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?" "Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?" For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. Rom 11:33-36

The Ultimate Meaning of True Womanhood

"Wimpy theology makes wimpy women. Wimpy theology simply does not give a woman a God that is big enough, strong enough, wise enough, and good enough to handle the realities of life in a way that magnifies the infinite worth of Jesus Christ. Wimpy theology is plagued by woman-centeredness and man-centeredness. Wimpy theology doesn't have the granite foundation of God's sovereignty or the solid steel structure of a great God-centered purpose for all things. "

"God's ultimate purpose for the universe and for all of history and for your life is to display the glory of Christ in its highest expression, namely, in His dying to make a rebellious people His everlasting and supremely happy bride. To say it another way, God's ultimate purpose in creating the world and choosing to let it become the sin-wracked world that it is, is so that the greatness of the glory of Christ could be put on display at Calvary where He ought His rebellious bride at the cost of His life."

"Now where does this take us in regard to the ultimate meaning of true womanhood? It does not take us to wimpy theology or wimpy women. It does lead us to womanhood. True womanhood. The truth is womanhood and manhood (femininity and masculinity) belong at the center of God's ultimate purpose. They we not an afterthought in God's plan. God designed them precisely so that they would serve to display the glory of His Son dying to have His happy, admiring bride."

A Distinctive Calling to Display the Glory of Christ

"The ultimate meaning of true womanhood is this: It is a distinctive calling of God to display the glory of His Son in ways that would not be displayed if there were no womanhood."

"Marriage is meant to display the covenant-keeping love between Christ and His church. And the way it does this is by men being men and women being women in marriage. These are no more interchangeable than Christ in interchangeable with the church."

Headship:

"The divine calling of a husband to take primary responsibility for Christ-like, servant leadership, protection, and provision in the home."

Submission:

"The divine calling of a wife to honor and affirm her husband's leadership and help carry it through according to her gifts."

"Do not settle for a wimpy theology. It is beneath you. God is too great. Christ is too glorious. True womanhood is too strategic. Don't waste it. Your womanhood---your true womanhood---was made for the glory of Jesus Christ."

John Piper,

Voices of the True Womanhood Movement,

A Call to the Counter-Revolution

Chapter 1

Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. Eph. 1:4-6

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. Eph. 5:25-27

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Eph. 5:22-24