PREVAILING VOICE DAILY
15th May, 2021.
Topic: ADAM’S RIB.
Text: Genesis 2:20-22.
20: And Adam gave names to all the livestock and to the birds of the air and to every [wild] beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper meet (suitable, adapted, complementary) for him.
21: And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22: And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23: And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
The word ‘ Adam ‘ is an Hebrew word meaning Man. Eve is also an Hebrew word meaning ‘ source of life ‘ or ‘ living one ‘.
Adam is the Genesis of all men, representing all men, his rib was taken to form a woman called Eve meaning living one, that is living rib. I could perceive Adam calling Eve my living rib.
According to verse 20 of text there was no suitable helper for Adam, Adam without a companion is not complete. Adam as a complete creature can’t live comfortably, he won’t be able to fulfil is destiny living alone.
The best thing is to make him an incomplete creature by removing one of his ribs to creature a living creature like him. The loneliness, the incompatibility of Adam with other creatures necessitated creation of Eve.
Eve was from his rib, but the bone will be under utilized as rib in Adam’s body, for that bone to function in full capacity, it has to be formed into a living being.
Eve is to take Adam out of loneliness, and fill the vacuum of incompatibility with other creatures. Eve was just the help that was made for Adam. There is no way Adam could enjoy his life without Eve since Eve was his missing rib.
Every wife is to fill the vacuum in the life of her husband, man is imperfect without woman, every wife is to fill up the hole, the emptiness, imperfections, in the life of her husband. Capitalizing on the imperfections will bring separation, divorce, trouble and chaos in the home. This is the reason many marriages are broken.
Husband shouldn’t expect an ordinary rib made into human being to be perfect, she is just a rib, 1 Peter 3:7 buttress my point here: Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. Seeing your wife as your living rib is one way to keep your marriage.
This piece is dedicated to my living rib, Pastor Mrs. Adebisi Olabode as she witness another year today. Happy birthday to my Treasure.
PRAYER.
* I receive grace to keep my home.
READING THROUGH THE BIBLE (RTB)
1 Samuel 28, Colossians 3.
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