Monday, January 28, 2008

02:The Making of Woman - A Helpmate

Genesis 2:23,24
" Now this is bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman
Because she was taken out of Man."

Woman, made the sixth day, the day Adam was placed in Paradise.

Man - Adam being first formed, (1Tim 2:13) then
Woman - Eve was made of the man and for the man (1Cor. 11:8).
Being last of creation, man was the best and most excellent of all, with this an honor was placed upon woman (for she was made after Adam and out of Adam) as the glory of man.
This placement in creation for the woman also gives her reason for humility, modesty, silence, submissiveness and reverence, which wives owe their husbands.

Man is the head, she is the crown, a crown to her husband, the crown of visible creation. For she was made from that which existed. All other creation was spoken into existence.
Man was dust refined, woman was dust doubled-refined, twice removed from the earth.

Adam having been made sensible of his want of a helpmate,(Gen. 2:20), lied down in a sweet sleep casting all his cares upon God.
Adam slept while his wife was in the making, leaving no thought that he directed the Spirit of the Lord or had been His counselor. (Isa 40:13).
Cheerfully resigning himself and his affairs to his maker's will and wisdom.

Here is the beauty in what God did to and for Adam.
Taking Adam's rib to create the woman, God presents the woman to Adam, he receives her and then they are joined together - again!

God's gifts to us should be received with a humble thankful acknowledgment of His wisdom in suiting them to us and His favor in bestowing them on us.


If we graciously rest in God, God will graciously work all things for good (Rom 8:28,29).

Have you rested in God to taste of His grace?
Are you thankfully acknowledging God's wisdom upon your life?


May God grant us the grace needed to rest in Him this day.

God's blessing be upon our unity!

Psalm 133:1
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in Unity!

Saturday, January 19, 2008

01 : Male & Female - God's image bearers

Genesis 1:26 - 28
And Adam said:
" This is bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh
She shall be called Woman
Because she was taken out of Man."

Therefore a man shall leave his father
and mother and be joined to his wife,
and they shall become one flesh.

From the beginning it was God's heart to build a dwelling place for Himself in the Earth.
It is seen in His creation of man and woman - together, the foundation of the house of the Lord.
Through the two of them together He intended to live and reveal Himself in the world.
Through them God intended :
to manifest His character and authority (image)
to express His dominion over the Earth
to display His indisputable power over the works of darkness, subduing His archenemy, Satan.

The first man and woman were a microcosm ( a small-scaled version of a much larger entity)
of the church, signaling that God's glory would be seen in the Earth through the combined expression of male and female.

If we are to be image bearers as scripture encourage, what Godly characteristic will be displayed in your life today?

How will you be seen working in he community, environment and church God has placed you in?

May God be gracious in strengthening our hearts and our hands to do the work He has set us to do.

God's blessing be upon our unity!

Psalm 133:1
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethen to dwell together in Unity!