Women urged to reflect God

Thousands of women gathered at the FMF National Gymna­sium during the Methodist Church's 190th Conference to hear Deaconess Temalesi Makutu speak on living a godly and spiritual life. Deaconess Makutu encour­aged the women to focus on doing God's will and living in obedience to Him.

"We need to do what God wants," she said.

"Obedience is very impor­tant, especially for some­one who is called and cho­sen by God."

Though not a soldier or army leader, Deaconess Makutu said she felt called by God to live a life of faith. She explained that being godly means taking your faith seriously and putting God at the centre of everything you do.

"You can't just say you're reli­gious without making God the most important part of your life," she said.

Quoting the Bible, she re­minded the women that God made people in His image. That means, she added, when peo­ple look at godly women, they should see a reflection of God.

"When the world wants to see God, they should be able to see Him in you," she said.

"Take it seriously-you are a reflection of God."

She also spoke about build­ing a close relationship with Jesus, saying being "married to Christ" means staying faith­ful to Him, like a bride is to her husband.

"I'm not saying you should leave your husbands," she add­ed with a smile.

"But there are things in life that can pull us away from our love for Jesus."

Deaconess Makutu urged women to live as true examples of faith, especially when spir­ituality is under challenge.

She cited Proverbs 31, which teaches that a good woman lives with honesty and fears God.

"Try your best every day to do what pleases God," she said.