A Helper Fit For Him

Genesis 2:18-25
18Then the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him." 19So out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens 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. 20The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. 21So 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. 22And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23Then 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."

24Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

In this text we see God's design for woman. She, along with man, is created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27), and she was created to be a suitable helper for her husband.

Many of us modern American women have been trained by our schools and our culture to not see ourselves as our husband's helper. This has helped destroy our families and our identities. Let us renew our minds by turning to Scripture. Here we see that as Christians, desiring to glorify God, we are called to be who God created us to be. So, as married women, one of our first desires should be to help our own husband.

Over the next few weeks I will post some ideas from other women about helping their husband. And feel free to leave any comments about ways you help your husband.

For the glory of God, let' s examine ourselves and see if we are conciously seeking to be our husband's helper.