Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
On TV, from time to time, there will be a woman shown in USA military uniform returning to her young children. She has obviously been away. This is so out of order. It is such an ungodly thing for a woman to leave her children and join the army when she is not required by law to do such.
We, who are of God, must know our assignments and stay in that which is assigned to us by God and work in that assignment.
Sometimes a woman will leave her children daily to go to secular job to give her family a "better life" on this earth. A godly woman should not do this. The better life for the godly woman is to teach her own children the way of God and to care for her husband and to allow her husband to provide as God ordained. A bigger house, a "better" neighborhood, a better education for the children is all worldly. What really matters is for the mother and father to follow God's way.
Here are assignments ordained by God.
For men: The assignment from God is to work and provide for your family. God ordained this for men in Genesis
3 ... And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice
of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee,
saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in
sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18Thorns also and
thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of
the field; 19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou
return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
For most women, it is to care for their own children and teach their children to love their own husbands.
Unto the woman He (God) said,
I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou
shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and
he shall rule over thee. Gen. 3
The aged
women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not
false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4That
they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to
love their children, 5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good,
obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Titus 2
And for some there is an additional assignment ... the care of the church as apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, or teacher.
When
he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto
men. 9(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended
first into the lower parts of the earth? 10He that descended is the same
also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all
things.) 11And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some,
evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12For the perfecting of the
saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of
Christ: Eph. 4
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. I Cor. 12:18
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. 28And God hath set some in the church,(some are set in the church to care for the church)
first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that
miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of
tongues. I Cor. 12:27
The important thing for
each of us is to know our assignment that is from God and to faithfully
keep that assignment as long as we are on this earth.
For men, the labor in the Lord is to work and provide for their own families.
For women, the labor in the Lord is to care for their own husbands and their own children.
And for some men and women, they are to care for the church.
The important thing is to stay in that which is assigned to you by God for that is your labor in the Lord.
be
ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord,
forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. I Cor.
15:58