A Helper As His Partner
…then the LORD God formed man from the
dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the
man became a living being. And the LORD God planted a garden in
The LORD God took the man and put him in
the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And the
LORD God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the
day that you eat of it you shall die.”
Then the LORD God said, “It is not good
that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.” So out
of the ground the LORD God formed every animal 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 animal of the
field; but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner. So the LORD
God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of
his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the LORD God had
taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.
Like a father with his child, God takes
joy in a partnership with us. As the perfect triune Being, He could have chosen
to work alone, but He didn’t. He created us in His image, and He delights in
our creativity.
Our heavenly
Father
longs to spend
quality time
with His children.
Our Daily Bread –