Helper!

For Wednesday, June 19, 2024:

Genesis 2:18 NLT: “Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.’”

When my wife and I were expecting our third child, our firstborn wasn’t sure we needed another. “We already have a perfect family: one mother, one father, one brother, one sister.” But what does God consider the ‘perfect’ family?

God saw that it was not good for the man, Adam, to be alone, so the Creator gave him Eve. Adam already had plants and trees, wild animals, livestock and birds of the sky. He was free to name them whatever he chose. But none of these fit the job description of a ‘helper who is just right for him.’

So using one of Adam’s ribs as a model, God created Eve. I suspect Adam was grinning from ear to ear when he saw her! “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.’” Eve is the helper who is 'just right’ for Adam.

God explained how this all was to work: “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and those two are united into one.”

Now go forth and multiply!

Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship