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This post is an old favorite, but is still true.

One of my absolute fave bumper stickers reads something like this:

I want to be this kind of woman: When she gets up in the morning, Satan says, “Oh, crap! She’s awake!”

Does this thought stir something in you? And just what does it stir: excitement, anger, fear, encouragement? It’s always given me mixed emotions of excitement and encouragement, with a bit of apprehension thrown in. 

The idea of little ole me, empowered by God enough to make the enemy quake in his boots . . . what a rush! And such a disapointment when I couldn’t follow through. Why couldn’t I?

We have lots of Biblical example of dangerous women: Deborah, Rahab, Mary Magdalene, Esther to name a few. What did they all have in common? After they met with God, they operated our of who they really were. Before that, they operated out of who they were told they were.

Mary Magdalene with seven demons and a bad rep; Jael was an ordinary woman living in obscurity; Rahab was told she was a worthless prostitute. We’ve all been lied to. 

But after they received truth from God about how He saw them, what a difference! Rahab saved the Hebrew spies and then her own family. Esther became the queen who saved her people from genocide. Jael killed Siserah (the Canaanite general who had been tormenting and murdering the Hebrews) with a tent stake to the skull.  

Dangerous women, all. Just because they listened to God and acted from their true identities, not from what culture told them they should be. 

Acording to Psalm 139, God knew us before we were born and watched as we were formed in the womb.

He knew who we were supposed to be. But until we know the same thing, we will always struggle with being our true, authentic, God-created selves. Because only He has that information. Only he can help us walk in the truth. But we do have to ask.

Do you want to be dangerous?