Women as Home Builders
Daily Devotional — Women as Home Builders
Scripture: “A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.”—Proverbs 14:1 (NLT)
Word for Today
Early this morning, I was sitting in a car on my way out, and the driver happened to be playing a beautiful gospel song—Ancient Words (Ever True) by Michael W. Smith. Many of us know that song well. I’ve heard it countless times, but today… today felt different. Right there in that simple car ride, I was soaked, spiritually drenched, and in that moment, something dropped in my spirit so clearly. Most of us are home makers.
I sat there thinking deeply as the words kept coming to me, and I couldn’t help but write. You may say the song doesn’t quite match the message the Holy Spirit was stirring in me, but I’m sharing the experience to show you just how powerful an atmosphere can be, and how deeply I was blessed in that moment.
There is something about me, even when I’m not in my own home, I crave a Spirit-filled environment. Sometimes when I enter a car, I will gently plead with the driver, “Please play gospel songs.” What audacity, lol, but that is who I am. And today, that same atmosphere positioned my heart to receive this truth.
If you want to read the full words I received and wrote this morning, you can do so through the link I will share below.
Now, back to our topic: women as home builders.
According to Proverbs 14:1, a wise woman builds her house. That word wise is not talking about intelligence alone, it speaks of a godly woman, a Spirit-led woman, a woman who understands her influence and uses it with intention. The Bible doesn’t stop there; it continues to say the foolish woman tears hers down with her own hands. Meaning what? A woman has been given the God-given power to either construct or destruct the very environment she lives in.
Some of us are home makers in ways deeper than we fully recognize. God has uniquely blessed women with the ability to nurture, influence, stabilize, strengthen, and establish the tone of any space we occupy. A woman doesn’t build only with bricks, nah… she builds with her words, with prayer, with patience, with discernment, with compassion, and with wisdom.
In fact, over the next few days, we’ll be taking time to break these points down one by one.
In continuation,
A woman’s presence can create atmosphere. Her silence can speak peace, her words can shape destinies, her faith can anchor a family, and her obedience can set the spiritual climate of her home.
This is why the enemy fights women so fiercely, because he knows that a godly, wise, Spirit-filled woman is not ordinary. She is a builder, she is a pillar, she is a gatekeeper in the spirit.
So, a woman who builds understands her strength, her assignment, her influence, and she guards it with spiritual maturity.
Personal Application
Reflect on one area of your “house”—your heart, your family, your spiritual atmosphere, your relationships, that needs intentional building. Ask the Holy Spirit to give you wisdom to strengthen that area today.
Prayer
Father, thank You for calling us to be wise builders. Help us recognize the influence You’ve placed within us. Teach us to build with wisdom, grace, and the guidance of Your Spirit. Remove anything in us that tears down, and strengthen everything in us that builds up. May our homes, our hearts, and our influence reflect Your glory. Amen.
Daily Declaration
“I am a wise woman. I build with intention, I build with strength, and by God’s wisdom, my home stands.”
Question
Are you a home maker, one who builds, nurtures, and strengthens the house God has entrusted to you?
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