WEDNESDAY- 28TH MAY, 2025
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO
LOST IN SERVICE BUT TAKEN THOUGHT FOR - Positioned For Divine Attention Series 002
Genesis 2:15, KJV
"And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it."
Still on silent labour that positions for greatness. Did you read the verse above? That's Adam in focus. When God created man, He puts him in the garden of Eden. That would have been okay but God told him to dress it and to keep it. God didn't create an idle man. He rather gave him work to do. Work is a means towards realizing and accomplishing oneself and God did exactly that for Adam. Without work, one will naturally tone down and be disillusioned with life. However, work exercises us and makes us relevant and alert even mentally.
Now, before Adam was created, God had to create and fill the earth with creations. He had to create the garden of Eden as well - a space Adam would live in. All animals and various vegetation had been created at that time. In short, all things were ready for the sake of Adam - God's overseer over creation.
The Bible didn't specifically tell us how long Adam lived and worked the garden alone before God created for him a partner but one thing was sure, there was a time frame in-between Adam's creation and the creation of Eve.
Genesis 2:18, KJV
"And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him."
Verse 18 of Genesis hints and verify our suspicion. When Adam was created and was instructed on tilling the garden, he didn't delay. He hit the ground running. If you had visited the garden, you would have found him dressing and tilling the garden - tending to the teeming green life in the garden. He was so swallowed up and consumed by this assignment that Adam took no thought for a spouse. The idea of a spouse by his side did not even hit him. He never thought he needed one. He was just lost in service and in his assignment.
It's after all these and probably on an occasion that the Lord had visited Adam that He saw that it's not good for Adam to be alone. Who therefore brought up the issue of marriage? God! He sovereignly called off singleness or bachelorhood season over them. When God said, "it is not good that the man should be alone", His plan was to bring Adam out of singleness into partnership with a mate.
I pray for you that you won't come under the pressure of time. When people are well within the time frame of a person trusting God for a choice of a marriage partner, they tend to be quiet, hoping on God to lead them or bring the fellow. However, as soon as it seems everyone around them has gotten married and they're the only one left, you'll see them come under the pressure of time and begin to get involved unnecessarily in what doesn't concern them. Adam never for once thought about a woman. God had to take thought for him. All he was busy with was work and the assignment he had received from God. If you were Adam's friend, you could jokingly have said to him, "Mr. work! Is life only work? When will you look beyond work?"
Better illustrated, watch faithful sons who are serving their fathers. The father buys for them what they themselves didn't ask for but which they needed. When God came to the realization that Adam needed a mate, it was out of concern that it's not good that the man should be alone any further. Meanwhile, note the qualities of the man that such a voice came to. That statement came to a man who was lost in his purpose. A man who envisioned nothing but to keep being productive, meeting his daily quota and advancing the kingdom where he is. To such a fellow lost in God's service, a spouse is a reward. It's not a hard nut to crack for them.
Let me tell you this. Mind God and God will mind you. Serve God and God will serve you. Give yourself wholly to God and God will not withhold His almighty from you. Adam unreservedly served the will of God that he knew and God in like manner took thought for him. What he was not considering, God thought about and put in place for him. Let a spouse catch upon you in the place of service. It's better to be discovered and stumbled upon than to push oneself forward for acceptance. That makes you a beggar, begging men with yourself. That's why the expression in the face and voice of Adam is a wow when for the first time he met Eve. When God introduced Eve to him that day, he could not help but gasp saying, "wow, this indeed is the bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called woman..." Gen.2:23).
Adam sees that he cannot be less suited or provided for. He has gotten the perfect match. So, he gives off exclaims. This is the joy and satisfaction that waiting gives those who'll be lost in the cultivation of their garden or purpose until the God who doesn't forget our labour of love in that we have ministered and are ministering visits such with a spouse (Hebrews 6:10).
You're the next to say in awe, "indeed, this is the bone of my bones and the flesh of my flesh. What a perfect match I got!" As for God, He gives the best to faithful and silent servers. You'll have yours.
PRAYER: Lord, I wait on You. Do what only You can do. Locate me in the place of service. Call singlehood to be over on me. Bring me into a new season.
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