“This is now bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”
24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.” Genesis 2:18-25.
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God provided man with “a helper”. “The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.” Verse 22.
God continues to provide excellent wives to so many of us.
“10 An excellent wife, who can find?
For her worth is far above jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.” Proverbs 31:10-12.
As I approach our 32nd Wedding Anniversary which is tomorrow, I think of my wife and how many excellent qualities she has that are mentioned in the following verses of Proverbs 31:13-31.
But as we think of our excellent wives, let us not stop there, but let us use such thoughts to prompt us to think of our wives as evidence of God’s goodness. Today’s Scripture shows that God’s goodness was the cause of His provision. “Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.” Verse 18.
We know that man was not good so as to deserve such an excellent helper. But, God is good, so He provided such a helper to man.
Let us review the goodness of God and the good things that He has provided to date in our very short journey so far from the beginning of Genesis 1:1.
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God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
- Genesis 1:10
God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:12
The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:18
and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:21
God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:25
God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:31
God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
- Genesis 2:9
Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- Genesis 2:18
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”
In conclusion, let us rejoice and give thanks to God for His abundant goodness.
And I will bless Your name forever and ever.
2 Every day I will bless You,
And I will praise Your name forever and ever.
3 Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised,
And His greatness is unsearchable.
4 One generation shall praise Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty acts.
5 On the glorious splendor of Your majesty
And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate.
6 Men shall speak of the power of Your awesome acts,
And I will tell of Your greatness.
7 They shall eagerly utter the memory of Your abundant goodness
And will shout joyfully of Your righteousness.
8 The Lord is gracious and merciful;
Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.
9 The Lord is good to all,
And His mercies are over all His works.
10 All Your works shall give thanks to You, O Lord,
And Your godly ones shall bless You.
11 They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom
And talk of Your power;
12 To make known to the sons of men Your mighty acts
And the glory of the majesty of Your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
14 The Lord sustains all who fall
And raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all look to You,
And You give them their food in due time.
16 You open Your hand
And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways
And kind in all His deeds.
18 The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.
19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He will also hear their cry and will save them.
20 The Lord keeps all who love Him,
But all the wicked He will destroy.
21 My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
And all flesh will bless His holy name forever and ever.” Psalm Chapter 145.
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