"The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man. "
Genesis 2:22
DIVINE MATCHMAKER
Read It: Genesis 2:21-22 It's said that God didn't take woman from man's head to rule over him, or from his feet to be beneath him, but from his side to be beside him. That says it pretty well. But the part I want to underline today is that it's God who's doing the operating and the closing up of Adam's flesh and the fashioning of the woman and the bringing together. In other words, it looks like God is in the matchmaking business! We'll see tomorrow that when Adam got his first glimpse of Eve, he knew something thing good was cooking. That's what the Hebrew says. It was God who shaped the woman, both externally and internally, so that she and the man would correspond.
Now I realize the body of Christ also includes many brothers and sisters who have not yet found God's partner for them. So let me say a word here to Christian single people. When Eve woke up, I can assure you the first thing she said wasn't, "I'm twenty-five (or whatever age), and I'm not married yet." No, she didn't know about Adam. God hadn't brought her to Adam yet. The formal mal introductions hadn't been made. I think the first thing Eve did was make herself available to the Lord. What do I mean? I believe that Eve enjoyed fellowship with the Lord as a person before she enjoyed His provision in matchmaking. And she didn't have to surrender that fellowship when God brought her to Adam. This is crucial, because I know we have a big numbers problem when it comes to marriage. I see it in my church in Dallas. There are simply far fewer single men than single women out there. Numbers aren't the point, however. Single people have several options before them. The first two are bad. Either try to find satisfaction in an immoral lifestyle, or lower the standards and marry a non-Christian. But in both cases, you lose your fellowship with God. The Bible is clear that until the Lord does the matchmaking, He wants you to do what Eve did-make yourself available to Him. Think About It If you are cultivating your fellowship and your walk with Christ today, that frees Him up to cultivate your future.
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