I had a one-on-one with one of my squad leaders a couple of days ago, and we talked about a lot of things, but one thing came up that has really stuck with me…something that opened my eyes to something that God wants to teach me this year. Our team is made up of 5 women and 2 men, and the men intimidate me. I didn’t even realize it until Tiff and I were talking about it, but powerful men intimidate me. When I say powerful I don’t mean power because of physical strength, or wealth, or worldly possessions or influence, I mean powerful in Christ. Men that know who they are, who they were created to be, and are walking in their identities, no longer “boys” but “men”, strong men of God.
I am a powerful woman, and I want to walk in that identity. But, a powerful woman needs powerful men to walk beside. Not in front of, and not behind, but beside. All my life I have either walked in front of “boys” leading the way (which comes naturally to me as a strong woman and born leader) or I have given up my strength and power and walked behind “boys” in order to make them feel like men. God wants to change that in me this year. Powerful men intimidate me, boys can be swayed and manipulated, give me a boy and I can either lead him or make him feel like a man by following him (losing myself in the process). It is a lot harder to learn how to walk beside a man. To lift each other up and strengthen each other, to encourage, learning compromise, putting each other first, giving and receiving love, honouring one another, building trust, walking together in Christ, constantly lifting each other up and learning and growing together.
I know that the Lord has an incredible man for me, but He is still preparing me for him and him for me. This year He has placed me on a team with 2 powerful men, men who stand strong and are rooted in Christ, and He wants to teach me how to walk beside them.
Genesis 2:18
And the Lord God said, “It is not good that a man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
The definition of Comparable:
- Able to be likened to another; similar
- Of equivalent quality, worthy of comparison
- To consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous, liken
- Similar, like
Synonyms for Comparable: akin, analogous, alike, correspondent, like, matching, parallel, resembling, similar
When God created women He created us to be “worthy of comparison” to men, just as strong but in different ways, someone to complement men’s strengths. He created us to walk beside men. And I want to learn how to do this. I want to go to the next level with God and with myself. Challenge accepted.
