Scriptures Reading: Genesis 1:26-28, Proverbs 31:10-31, Genesis 2:18
Key Scripture: Genesis 1:27 — “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
Devotional Reading
God did not place greatness only in men.
He blessed male and female.
That has serious implications for the way we lead our families. So, a man who deliberately restricts his wife or daughter is reducing his family’s greatness.
Every time you sideline your wife or restrain your daughters, you cut your own family’s potential in half.
Why would you deny yourself the resources God has placed beside you?
Your wife and daughters are not less valuable because they are female. Your responsibility as a man is not to suppress potential. It is to help potential flourish.
Look at Proverbs 31. The woman described there is not passive. She is productive, business-minded, industrious, wise and influential.
Genesis says the woman was given as a “help meet” — a suitable helper, one who enhances, supports and strengthens.
So, as a man, do not be threatened by the greatness of the women God has placed around you to help you.
So, promote them. Educate them. Listen to them. Give them opportunity. Help them become what God intended for them.
When the people around you flourish, your family flourishes.
Personal Reflection
- Do I genuinely celebrate the potential of my wife and daughters, or am I threatened by their growth?
- Is there any unnecessary restriction I have placed on someone in my family?
Life Application
- Identify one practical way you can support the growth of your wife, daughter or another woman in your family.
- Replace one restrictive attitude with an intentional opportunity for someone else to grow.
Prayer Points
- Father, deliver me from every fear, tradition or attitude that causes me to restrict the potential of others.
- Make me a man who creates an environment where the people around me can flourish.