Our Called-Out Heroines: Conquest to the Kings - Part 2
Hello Called-Out Woman!
Welcome back. Part One carried you from creation through the Exodus, closing with Miriam's worship at the Red Sea.
Part Two continues from Israel entering the Promised Land through the era of the judges and the kings.
Bold
Rahab
Joshua 2 · Joshua 6:22–25
“By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.” Hebrews 11:31
Rahab lived in Jericho with a reputation that would have disqualified her in the eyes of most, yet when the Israelite spies came to her city, she hid them at great personal risk, lied to protect them, and declared her faith plainly: “for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath” (Joshua 2:11). Her boldness secured not only her own life but her entire family's when Jericho fell. She went on to marry into the line of Judah and is named directly in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1:5.
For You
Rahab's story tells you that your past does not disqualify you from bold faith or a significant future. God does not need your reputation to be spotless to use your courage. He needs you willing to act on what you believe, even when everything around you says you have no right to. The woman today rebuilding her life while running a business, raising a family, and serving in ministry sometimes carries a past she assumes disqualifies her from being trusted with more. Rahab shows her that God is far more interested in her present courage than her previous reputation.
Proactive
Deborah
Judges 4–5
“And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.” Judges 4:4
Deborah did not wait to be handed authority. She was already sitting under the palm tree that bore her name, settling disputes and hearing from God, when Israel needed a leader to confront Sisera's army. When Barak hesitated and asked her to come with him to battle, she went. She did not simply advise from a distance; she showed up. Her proactivity was not pride, it was obedience wrapped in courage. She understood that God had positioned her, and she refused to let fear talk her out of the assignment.
For You
You may be sitting under your own palm tree right now, in a role you did not ask for but were clearly placed in. Deborah shows you that proactive faith means moving when God says move, even when the men around you are hesitant, even when the battle looks uncertain. This is the woman today already carrying a business, a household, and a ministry assignment, who is tempted to believe she has no capacity left to lead anything else. Deborah shows her that God does not wait for an empty schedule before He calls a woman to step up. He calls the one already faithful under her palm tree.This is a placeholder paragraph. Replace this text with your own content.
Resilient
Naomi
Ruth 1
“Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.” Ruth 1:20
Naomi lost her husband and both her sons while living as a foreigner in Moab. She returned to Bethlehem empty, openly naming her grief rather than hiding it. Yet in that same brokenness, she became the woman who mentored Ruth, guided her toward Boaz, and lived to hold her grandson Obed, the grandfather of David, in her arms.
For You
Naomi's resilience was not pretending she was fine. It was staying present, still speaking wisdom and guidance to Ruth, even while grieving. If you are walking through loss right now, Naomi shows you that honesty about your pain and continued usefulness to the people around you are not in conflict. Both can be true at once. The woman today holding a business, a family, and a ministry together while privately grieving something no one else sees knows this tension well. Naomi shows her that she does not have to choose between being honest about her pain and continuing to show up for the people who depend on her.
Thoughtful
Ruth
Ruth 2–4
“Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.” Ruth 1:16
Ruth was a Moabite widow with every social and cultural reason to return to her own people after her husband died. Instead, she attached herself to Naomi, a grieving, bitter mother-in-law with nothing left to offer her materially. Ruth's loyalty was not loud. It showed up in gleaning fields for grain, in walking beside Naomi's pain without trying to fix it, in small, consistent acts of care. Boaz noticed this before he ever noticed her beauty; he said, “It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law” (Ruth 2:11). Her thoughtfulness became the doorway to her redemption, and she became the great-grandmother of David.
For You
Thoughtfulness is undervalued because it rarely trends. But God notices the woman who shows up quietly and faithfully for someone else's pain. Your consistency in the unseen places is being recorded, even when no one is clapping for it yet. The woman today running between her business, her children, and her ministry responsibilities rarely gets applause for the quiet, thoughtful things she does in between, the phone call to check on someone, the meal dropped off, the note of encouragement. Ruth shows her that consistency in the unseen places is still being recorded by God, even when no one else is counting.
Persevering
Hannah
1 Samuel 1–2
“I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit… I have poured out my soul before the Lord.” 1 Samuel 1:15
Hannah was barren in a culture that measured a woman's worth by her ability to bear children, and she was provoked yearly by Peninnah for it. Rather than allowing bitterness to define her, she took her grief directly to God in the temple, praying so fervently that the priest Eli initially mistook her for drunk. She vowed that if God gave her a son, she would give him back to the Lord's service. When Samuel was born, she kept that vow, bringing him to the temple once he was weaned and leaving him in Eli's care, visiting him once a year with a coat she made herself.
For You
Hannah's perseverance was not passive waiting. It was active, vocal, relentless prayer paired with radical obedience once the answer came. Samuel became one of Israel's greatest prophets, the one who anointed both Saul and David as king. If you have been pouring out your soul over something that has not yet come to pass, Hannah shows you that perseverance in prayer, followed by obedience when the answer arrives, can birth something that shapes a nation. The woman today interceding for her family, her business, and her ministry all in the same prayer often feels like she is praying in fragments, never fully present in any one request. Hannah shows her that pouring out her soul in the middle of a full life is still fervent prayer, and God still hears every scattered, sincere word of it.
Discerning
Abigail
1 Samuel 25
“And Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves…” 1 Samuel 25:18
Abigail was married to a fool, literally, the text calls Nabal “churlish and evil in his doings.” When Nabal insulted David and his men, putting the entire household at risk of slaughter, Abigail did not wait for permission. She read the situation with sharp discernment, gathered provisions, and rode out to intercept David before his anger turned to bloodshed. Her wisdom did not just save her household; it kept David from acting outside of his own integrity. Even David acknowledged this, blessing her for keeping him from avenging himself with his own hand.
For You
Discernment like Abigail's often has to operate without anyone else's agreement. She could not consult Nabal. She had to trust what she saw and act quickly. There will be moments where you are the only one in the room who can see what is really happening. Trust that discernment. It may be the very thing that saves what is in your care. The woman today managing a business, a household, and a ministry often has to make fast, wise calls without time to consult anyone, reading a situation correctly while three other responsibilities are pulling at her attention. Abigail shows her that this kind of discernment, sharpened under pressure, is exactly the gift God uses to protect what is in her care.
Trusted
Huldah
2 Kings 22:14–20
“So Hilkiah the priest… went unto Huldah the prophetess… and they communed with her.” 2 Kings 22:14
When the Book of the Law was rediscovered in the temple during King Josiah's reign, the king's own high officials did not go to a male prophet to authenticate it, they went directly to Huldah. She confirmed the scroll was genuine, pronounced judgment on the nation for its disobedience, and delivered a personal word of mercy for Josiah because of his tender heart. Her word was treated as final and authoritative by the highest levels of government.
For You
Huldah's story tells you that God has always entrusted women with weighty, authoritative words, even in the most male-dominated institutions of their time. If you carry a word of truth that others need to hear, do not shrink it down. Huldah's voice shaped national reform. The woman today leading a business, raising a family, and carrying a ministry voice can feel like her opinion gets diluted across too many rooms to matter fully in any one of them. Huldah shows her that God can still hand her an authoritative word that shapes outcomes far beyond any single title she holds.
God bless you, Called-Out Woman!
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Marian Bonney-Ankrah is a Financial Protection Specialist and the Founder of The Called-Out Woman, a community that empowers women to live set apart, lead with wisdom, and influence every sphere of life through faith, purpose, and excellence.
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