SATURDAY- 31ST MAY, 2025
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO
MADE JUST FOR YOU! - Positioned For Divine Attention Series 005
Genesis 2:20, KJV
"And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him."
The Bible says, "and for Adam, there was not found a helpmeet for him." In the former teachings in this series, I had told you who a helpmeet was and what purpose he or she serves in your life. Have you seen hook and eye before? Each of those materials are right for each other because they help each other fulfill their roles. The eye is made so that the hook can easily have a penetration into it and cling to it. If one was not suitably made for its other partner, there wouldn't have been harmony that we see with the hook and eye. They are a perfect example of a helpmeet to each other. They meet the needs of each other.
When the Bible says, "and there was not found a helpmeet for Adam", it means after a search of a kind, no mate was found for Adam who could fittingly fit who he was made and what he was given to do. No animal despite how well created it is could fittingly play the role of a wife in the life of Adam. There couldn't have been any connection or understanding between them. Animals and humans are not of the same species. So, they shouldn't even mate though they can bond or relate. God put that into consideration as well before the Bible says, "but for Adam there was not found a helpmeet for him (amidst all perused)." If it was an animal God had brought, Adam wouldn't have said, "this is the bone of my bones and the flesh of my flesh..." Why? There'll be an obvious denial because that animal would have been very far from the very image or likeness of Adam (a human). Adam wouldn't have seen himself in her! That's why that verse says, "and for Adam there was not found a helpmeet for him." But what happened when Eve was paraded before Adam. Adam gave a cry, "this is the bone of my bones and the flesh of my flesh: she shall be called a woman because she was taken out of man." He saw himself in her. Indeed, was it not Adam's bone (a rib) that God made into a woman? No wonder, the semblance Adam noticed.
The usage of "not found" in that verse shows a kind of observatory search might have been done on creation but without a testimony of having found a mate for Adam. Don't think God is not at work on your behalf. If you haven't had His feedback, it may be that He hasn't found for you a helpmeet yet. Don't forget, a helpmeet is the hook that can fit effortlessly into your eye. Compatibility is important to consider here and God does that. If he or she is a Muslim or any other unbeliever, he or she isn't different from the animals that aren't suitable for Adam. The command is that you must not be joined to an unbeliever in marriage (II Cor. 6:14).
Vehicles are machines designed for transportation. They come in many forms, each created for specific purposes. Cars are primarily for personal transport of a few individuals, offering convenience and privacy. Jeeps are renowned for their ruggedness, versatility and exceptional off-road abilities. Seeing this, if you're going for a military expedition, you're likely to go with a jeep rather than an ordinary car as jeeps were originally designed as light military reconnaissance vehicles during World War II, proving their ability to traverse incredibly challenging terrain.
The same goes with a choice of a marriage partner. We don't have the same nature or temperaments. One who's forgetful or careless by nature as a phlegmatic/sanguine may need a complement in a choleric/melancholy who does things perfectly to details and on time. What God does is to give you a complement. So, when that Bible verse says, "but for Adam, there was not found a helpmeet", it means one who'll understand and partner with Adam at his level was not found for him. Don't forget a rib was missing in Adam which went into the creation of Eve. This metaphorically hints at needs in the life of Adam that only Eve - that right woman: who's the perfect lost rib could fill because a space or need was created in Adam when a rib was removed from him. Spouses are like vehicles. They come in different forms. Some are for pleasure and some for rugged terrains. For certain reasons i.e the calling of suffering on some people; they might need to be given a spouse that is like a jeep - rugged, enduring, not easily angered etc. If you're a man who'll be away for months, you need to have a rugged wife who can carry on with the kids behind you as if you never existed in her life. You need a woman who lightly esteems sex and envies affection when she sees others having it. You need a woman or a man who cannot backslide into adultery because you've gone on a study, business trip, evangelistic crusades etc.
As such, God makes for each of us to suit us. It is bread and butter that can complement themselves. God is that wise. Look, God knows your frame, yearnings, character, weaknesses, strengths, future problems, calling. He makes a spouse for you who can fit into all these. Until then, you haven't found a helpmeet. If the opposite happens in anyone's life, instead of their spouse meeting needs in their lives, they'll be creating needs. That shows they were not meant to marry. And I tell you this morning, God knows the perfect person that can fit or handle who you are now or who you may likely grow to become and change into. Because of this, trust God who knows better.
PRAYER: Lord, give me my missing rib - that spouse that can complement me today and tomorrow.
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