Morning Inspiration with Pastor Merritt God never intended for humans to be alone. Before I say anything further, let me emphasize it is not wrong to be single. God doesn’t call everyone to be married. Two of the greatest men who ever lived, Jesus and Paul, were never married. Yet, even single men realize they need women as well. God created the first man with two voids that could only filled by a Heavenly Father and by an earthly female. God’s solution was, “I will make him a helper fit for him.” Don’t look at that word, “helper” as a menial term that makes a woman simply “man’s assistant” or someone less equal than a man. The word has the idea of supplying something that would otherwise be lacking. Eleven out of fifteen times it is used to refer to God as our helper. There are certain things that a man alone cannot do alone. Adam was to multiply, but he couldn’t do that alone. He was to fill the earth, but he couldn’t do that alone. From the very beginning, God gave Adam a purpose that he could not fulfill alone. Let me stop here and make sure you see this. At this point, the only being for Adam to love was God. From the very beginning, God was to be the first love of the man. That is why He created the man without the woman. From the beginning, God was to be the first love of the woman. Remember, before there was a man or a woman there was God. Keep that in mind as we see exactly how God solved Adam’s problem. “So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.” (Genesis 2:21-22) Now look at what happened. From beginning to end, this wedding was not primarily about a man and a woman. It was primarily about God. Who planned the wedding? God did. Who provided the husband? God did. Who presented the bride? God did. Who performed the ceremony? God did. Marriage is God’s ideal idea. You are looking at God’s model marriage. Share this with a friend. Give them the gift of God’s inspiration. #Jesus #Christian #Church #Faith
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 12:30:00 +0000
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