“AN SHALL CLEAVE UNTO HIS WIFE” MEMORIZE: Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Genesis 2:24 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Romans 3-4 “But for Adam there was not found a help meet for him” (Genesis 2:20), implies two things. Firstly, a search was carried out and no help meet for him was found. Secondly, several ‘helps’ could have been found but they were not ‘meet’ or suitable for him. This presupposes that before the arrival of Eve, Adam must have heard other helps. Maybe the dogs, probably Alsatians or German shepherds, kept him company. Just as there were several ‘helps’ in Adam’s life, there would be several helps – siblings, parents, cousins, aunties and uncles, grandparents, business partners, etc – in the brothers life but none of these are help meet for him. Any brother who will have a happy home must first have this settled at the back of his mind that the only help meet for him is his wife. This is how God planned marriage and this is why, if you are still single you need to wait on the Lord to give you your wife. Don’t rush or allow peer pressure to drag you into problems. Your wife is more than your partner. She is a God given help suitable for your entire life. I don’t know if i mentioned this yesterday, but it is worth mentioning again that the ‘woman’ God will give to you i.e. help meet for you, will fit you throughout your life. Before He gives her to you, He would have put every resource you need and will need in a woman, at various stages of your life, in her. Sisters, you must also realize that God has placed a big responsibility on you. You are meant to be the help meet for him throughout his life. No woman in the whole world is fit to be a help meet for the brother God has given to you. He has deposited in you great resources to help that brother become who God wants him to be. This is why you must pray seriously when a brother comes to propose to you. The resources God has put in you are for only one brother – not every brother – and as such you must let God point out the brother to you so that you will not waste God’s grace on your life. Your body is not for every brother to test. Neither is it for public view. Lastly, the brother’s parents, friends, uncles, sisters, siblings, business colleagues, etc, must realize that they are not the help meet for the brother. They must also realize that his wife – the woman God has given to him – is the help meet for him. They must give the woman the respect she deserves. They must never look down on her or try to belittle her. Also, the sister’s parents, friends, uncles, sisters, siblings, business colleagues, must realize and know that they are not the help meet for him. They must not prevent the sister from fulfilling her role as a help meet for the brother. They must not discourage her in any way. All parties must realize that the sister – the woman God gave to the brother -is his help meet. They must realize that this is God’s standard. Also the brother must not discourage the sister i.e. his wife, from helping him. He must give the sister an opportunity to help him. The sister too should realize that she is the help meet for him and must not on any occasion withdraw her help or starve him of help. The quality of help a man will receive from his wife will be determined by how much he has invested in her – spiritually, mentally, emotionally, physically, etc. The onus is on the brother to develop his wife to be able to render help to him. The development must be gentle not harsh. Genesis 2:24 says: “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” After marriage, the brother and sister becomes one. We must not in any way maybe through our culture separate them. THOUGHT OF THE DAY: As a godly mother in law, accept that your son’s wife is the only help meet for him not you or his sisters. NOTE: We must seriously pray for the singles. The brother is going to play a big role in the life of the sister and vice versa. Instead of putting pressure on them, let us pray that the Lord will guide them to the right brother or sister. twitter@BroOluwatoki Bro Samuel | Reaching the world for Jesus.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 09:30:04 +0000
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