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Ephesians 6:5-8
Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear
and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ; not by way of eye-service,
as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. With
good will render service, as to the Lord, and not to men, knowing that whatever good
thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.

Even as slaves will receive back from the Lord according to how faithfully they
conducted themselves as servants, so too will women receive recompense from the Lord.
Yahshua has testified:

Revelation 22:12
"Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to everyone
according to what he has done.”

There have been men, like Joseph, who served other men as slaves, and their service
found great favor with God. Daniel is another example. As a young man Daniel was taken
into captivity to Babylon and made a servant of the king. Daniel did not rebel, nor wallow
in self-pity, nor manifest a self-seeking attitude. Daniel was the most faithful of all the
king’s subjects. Not even Daniel’s enemies were able to find fault with his service to the
king.

Daniel 6:4-5
Then the commissioners and satraps began trying to find a ground of accusation
against Daniel in regard to government affairs; but they could find no ground of
accusation or evidence of corruption, inasmuch as he was faithful, and no negligence
or corruption was to be found in him. Then these men said, "We will not find any
ground of accusation against this Daniel unless we find it against him with regard
to the law of his God."

Like Joseph many years before, Daniel bloomed where he was planted, even when his
life seemed unjust, and his position was one of slavery. Did Yahweh think less of these men
because of their status in this world? No! Daniel received the highest praise from God.
When Daniel was seeking the Lord with prayers and fasting, Yahweh sent an angelic
messenger to speak to him. This messenger declared:

Daniel 9:22-23
"O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with understanding. At the
beginning of your supplications the command was issued, and I have come to tell
you, for you are highly esteemed; so give heed to the message and gain
understanding of the vision.”

The esteem God had for Daniel had no relationship to his position in this world. The
same is true for women. I am convinced beyond any doubt that there have been many
women who were more highly esteemed by God than the majority of men. Christ chose
twelve men to be His disciples and apostles, yet it was not to any of them that He appeared
first after His resurrection. The first person to see the resurrected Christ was a woman.