Home Outreach Leaders Articles for Outreach & Missions A Beautiful Woman Is a Person, Not a Body

A Beautiful Woman Is a Person, Not a Body

Holy Women Hope in God

Peter says power is good, and he tells us where real power resides. Power is in a person, in a heart. In a person or heart that is gentle, like returning good for evil, with mighty resolve not to do any more than Jesus did when he hung on the cross. Powerful women are quiet, serene and tranquil in spirit, which in God’s sight is very, very precious.

Peter offers a reason for pursuing this kind of beauty and power: “For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves” (1 Peter 3:5). He’s back to holiness. That’s our calling. Is that what you’re living for, women (and men)?

“The holy women who hoped in God…” There’s the key. Do you hope in your husband’s approval? Do you hope in your husband’s conversion? Do you hope in men around you liking what they see? Or do you hope in God?

It does not mean you don’t want your husband to be converted, or you don’t want to have any influence over him, or that you don’t want people to look upon you with favor. It means you’ve got priorities here, and God is all to you. God is all. Your hope is in God. You’re getting your identity from God. You’re getting your satisfaction from God. You’re getting your hope and your future and your joy from God.