We're joined one last time with our guest, Jen Wilkin, a wife, mom, Bible teacher and

the author of the fabulous book, Women of the Word, how to study the Bible with both

our hearts and our minds.

Jen, you once tweeted this quote, women teachers, let's shift the emphasis from girl, your

precious daughter of the king to behold your king, lift up your eyes, end quote.

That sounds like it's right at the heart of your whole aim of what you're trying to accomplish

and equipping women to read their Bible's whole cover to cover.

So expound on that tweet for us, what were you getting at?

So the number one topic that I'm asked to speak on when people invite me to come speak

is identity.

What is my identity in Christ?

Women are consumed with who am I?

And that's a valid question.

That's probably the most basic question that any human being can ask, but the Bible is

not silent on that question.

It says that we are image bearers, we're created in the image of God, but we have a hard time

understanding the implications of that and not only that, but because we as humans are so

inward focused, part of, I would say, the first step in becoming a child of God is

recognizing that the center of the universe is him, not us.

And so I think that the reason the self-esteem messages that are common in women's circles

don't stick to our ribs is because self-esteem detached from any idea of who God is, is

just not a lasting message.

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