Have you seen a family breakdown caused by the fact that both the husband and wife were busily minding their businesses and neither of them cared for the well-being of the home? Career progress, success routes, money, fame, maintaining a very good public image and a consciousness to be better than your partner can impede the family system. It is good to have it all, but our quest to be the best among the rest should not sacrifice the home. The reason divorce tends to be more among working-class couples is the fact that commitment to the home is lesser than commitment to career. Going for soccer practice with children seems less important as compared to attending a business meeting. Until couples make their home a priority, the statistics on divorce are likely to keep rising. The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down. (Proverbs 14:1) The woman is predisposed to better home management based on the things we value. Certainly, every good and godly man is a man builder as well. Proverbs 14:1 highlights the fact that through careful handling, the wise woman is able to build her house. This literally means the woman improves and makes the family better. The due diligence taken to ensure that the home is the best place for everyone is compared to “building” a structure. Every building requires planning, a good foundation and strong pillars to make it stand. The average woman is good at multitasking: can handle different activities at the same time without losing sight of the other etc. This potential makes the woman more comfortable to combine a full-time job with full-time home management. According to the Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on Proverbs 14:1, “the oneness of the house is more dependent on the mother than on the father. A wise mother can, if her husband be dead or neglectful of his duty, always keep the house together.” The wise woman ensures that her household is kept together and takes due diligence to ensure a smooth run of the home. On the other hand, an inconsiderate woman, referred to as the “foolish one” in Proverbs 14:1 tears her own house down by her hands. Through idleness, laziness, unnecessary friendships and baseless conversations, lavish lifestyle without contributing economically to it, unnecessary pressure to be like others, a woman is more likely to destroy her home rather than build it. As we saw in our previous blog, God is the builder of everything: For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything” (Hebrews 3:4). He has placed us as stewards to manage the families and the homes we have. We all have our responsibilities to keep to ensure that we raise godly offspring for the Lord. Be intentional about investing in physical things and spiritual things (family devotions, prayers, Bible studies etc.) to raise a God-fearing home that is built on godly principles.
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