The Indispensable Woman – Part 2

What is an Indispensable Woman?

An Indispensable Woman is a woman who is absolutely, vitally necessary, essential, extremely valuable and not to be disregarded or looked over.

Read the notes inside for a spiritual and practical breakdown of the Keys to Becoming an Indispensable Woman!

If we look at the process of creation, we see God creating man and animals…

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, “Let us make human beings  in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.” http://bible.com/116/gen.1.26.nlt

Even in all that God had already created, ‘it was NOT GOOD for man to be alone’… so God created woman!

Genesis 2:18 – 25

Then the Lord  God said, “It is NOT GOOD for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”  So the Lord  God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man  to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one.  He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him. So the Lord  God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord  God took out one of the man’s ribs  and closed up the opening.  Then the Lord  God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man. “At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.’” This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame. http://bible.com/116/gen.2.18-25.nlt

Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was VERY GOOD! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day. http://bible.com/116/gen.1.31.nlt

Notice, it wasn’t until AFTER woman was created that God called all that he made VERY GOOD! Here, we gather that the original purpose, role and intention of woman is:

1. to be GOOD
2. to bring GOOD
3. to expand GOOD in every sphere of life

The Measure of a Godly Woman:

A Godly Woman must embrace is to fully embrace that original purpose of her creation:

1. to be GOOD
2. to bring GOOD
3. to expand GOOD in every sphere of life

in the expression of a daughter, a sister, a friend, a co-worker, a wife and a mother; in whatever role you play in the lives of those around you.

GOODness should be at the core of our living (inward and outward)!

If the purpose and original intent of our creation as a woman is to be GOOD, to bring GOOD, to expand GOOD in every sphere of life ins’t it interesting that the Bible would say:

A GOOD woman is hard to find, and worth far more than diamonds. http://bible.com/97/pro.31.10-31.msg

According to The 7 Principals of Purpose:

1. God is a God of Purpose.
2. Everything in Life has a Purpose.
3. Not Every Purpose in Life is Known.
4. Where Purpose is Not Known, abuse {abnormal-use} is inevitable.
5. If you want to know the purpose of a thing, never ask the thing.
6. Purpose is only found in the mind of the Maker of the thing.
7. Purpose is the Key to Fulfillment.

The nature of a thing is determined by the Purpose of that thing. In other words, The ‘way‘ you are is the result of the WHY you are!

Therefore, that fact that a GOOD woman is hard to find is directly related to the knowledge of ones purpose as a woman.

More scripts on the GOODness of a woman:

Proverbs 18:22:

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a GOOD thing, and obtaineth favour of the  Lord. http://bible.com/1/pro.18.22.kjv

Proverbs 31:10:

She will do him GOOD and not evil ALL the days of her life. http://bible.com/1/pro.31.12.kjv

If you desire and believe you are to be married, doing your husband GOOD ‘pre-dates’ marriage. It doesn’t just begin when  you get married; ie. the actions you make in your single life may or may not effect your ability to do GOOD towards your husband after marriage. Whoa! right!?

The Measure of a Godly Wife:

A Godly wife, anchored in the love of God and a Bible based love for herself, releases herself as a vehicle through which the GOODness of God can flow to her husband.

Wives should be an expression of God’s GOODness in her husband’s life.

If we look closely at Proverbs 31:23:

Her husband is well known at the city gates, where he sits with the other civic leaders. http://bible.com/116/pro.31.23.nlt

We notice that the wife’s goodness has freed her husband up to be successful. He is ‘well-known’ at the city gates (where it was customary for business to be handled) and he sits with other leaders (meaning he’s a leader too)!

How can you be an expression of GOODness as an employee?

1. Bring solutions, not problems.
2. Innovate within your own jurisdiction. (ie. stay in your lane)
3. Be a team player. (There’s a grace)
4. Increase your knowledge base. (Research, research and more research)
5. Be a bright spot (no Debbie Downers)
6. Take ownership in what you do.
7. Have character and integrity. ie Do right. Be right. Because it’s right.
8. Try your best to see things from an executive level.
9. Save the company money.

How can you be an expression of GOODness as a wife?

Read the story of how Rebekah was selected to be Isaac’s wife (http://bible.com/116/gen.24.10-21.nlt):

Then he loaded ten of Abraham’s camels with all kinds of expensive gifts from his master, and he traveled to distant Aram-naharaim. There he went to the town where Abraham’s brother Nahor had settled.  He made the camels kneel beside a well just outside the town. It was evening, and the women were coming out to draw water. “O Lord , God of my master, Abraham,” he prayed. “Please give me success today, and show unfailing love to my master, Abraham.  See, I am standing here beside this spring, and the young women of the town are coming out to draw water.  This is my request. I will ask one of them, ‘Please give me a drink from your jug.’ If she says, ‘Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!’—let her be the one you have selected as Isaac’s wife. This is how I will know that you have shown unfailing love to my master.” Before he had finished praying, he saw a young woman named Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham’s brother Nahor and his wife, Milcah.  Rebekah was very beautiful and old enough to be married, but she was still a virgin. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up again.  Running over to her, the servant said, “Please give me a little drink of water from your jug.” “Yes, my lord,” she answered, “have a drink.” And she quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and gave him a drink.  When she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels, too, until they have had enough to drink.”  So she quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw water for all his camels. The servant watched her in silence, wondering whether or not the Lord  had given him success in his mission.

From her, we learn we can be expressions of GOODness as wives by:

1. Selflessly serving
2. Offering to do MORE than what is asked
3. Going the extra mile to deliver

Last but not least, here are Keys to Becoming an Indispensable Woman in every sphere of life:

1. Find out what people’s needs are, and meet them. Be a burden remover.
2. Always be aware of where and how you can be helpful. Serve people how they want to be served NOT how you think they should be. your idea could be completely different, than what they want, need or desire.
3. Don’t give people any reason NOT to want to be around you. Not very many people want to be around others who are lonely, depressed, complainers, braggers, or gossipers.
4. Make people feel good about themselves. Pay attention, take note to their interests, listen, encourage, compliment, and acknowledge.
5. Operate in excellence. Give your whole hearted effort. Learn to be the BEST.
6. Walk in LOVE. Be spirit-led.

Be a dispenser of God, by dispensing GOOD to become INDISPENSABLE!!!

It simply wold not be right to conclude this without giving credit, thanks and much appreciation to Pastor Connie Smith from thechurchgroup.com. You can watch the original messages from her which we were able to pull this wisdom for this study by visiting these links: “Releasing Goodness as a Woman and a Wife” and “Keys to Becoming an Indispensable Woman”