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Wife as God’s Gift to Her Husband

God's original purpose for a woman is defined in Genesis 2:18-24.

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"Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” So out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him. 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 which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said,

“This at last 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 leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh."

(Genesis 2:18-24)

If we will go back to the story of God's creation of the world in the book of Genesis, God was pleased with each of His creations, as the Bible says "God saw that it was good". It was only in the creation of man that God saw something that was not good, and that is, it was not good that the man should be alone (verse 18), and so He created the woman to be man's helpmate (verse 20).

But first, He created the cattle, birds, and wild beasts and brought them to man to name them (verse 19). We may wonder if this has no connection with the creation of the woman. But God actually planned this to allow the man to feel a sense of longing as he finds no one suitable to be his partner after he named every pair of animals.

In verse 22, God presented the woman to the man. This means that we are God's gift to our man. A precious gift to have and to hold, to love and to cherish till death do us part.

Verse 24 implies that the wife becomes the primary relationship of the husband as he leaves his father and mother.

Therefore it puts a significant challenge to the wife to be a worthy gift of God to her husband, as she becomes his topmost priority relationship over and above his parents.

As helpmates, we are called to support our husband so that he can perform his duty as the head of the family. We are called to submit to him as the church submits to Christ (Eph 5:22). It is not a mere blind submission but it should be out of faith in God and out of love for our husband.

God designed marriage such that the man and woman will have a common goal and vision to pursue one life together, not just to be happy, but to bear witness to what it means to know, love, and serve God.

May God bless your marriage to bear witness of his love and mercy!


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Rhodora "Doods" Jader Fetalvero

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