Men and women. Male and female. God said they were made in His image, yet both are completely different in almost every way. I mean the basic model is the same, but come on guys you'd have to admit that if we were vehicles, that men would be a utility truck and ladies a Lamborghini. I don't know about you, but I for one am very thankful that God didn't just make Eve out of the dirt of the ground like He did Adam. No, Scripture actually states that He hand crafted and fashioned woman out of man like a fine work of art. So much so, that when God brought Eve to Adam, Adam must have said, "VavavaVOOM!!!"Which brings me to my thought this morning on the last day of 2012. Men, what is your purpose actually? I mean in the context of men and women, what part do each play? It's pretty evident in society that this one area is pretty skewed too. Society as a whole doesn't understand the roles that men and women are to play. I won't bore you with all the nonsense that came out of the sixties with women's liberation, burning bras and starting the downward spiral of the men haters club. Suffice it to say, that once man became "enlightened" and started the move away from God things have gotten more and more weird each year.
If you want to know how something is supposed to work, it's good to go back to the original design and take a look at that. Mankind's original design was Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. That was what God originally had in mind for men and women, and until they decided to listen to the enemy instead of what God had told them, life was great. There was no fighting with each other, no animosity, no thinking that one was better than the other. How quickly did Adam go from saying vavavavoom to this woman you gave me?
What is God's design for man and woman then? It's actually pretty simple; He gave Adam a job to do (take care of the Garden) and He made Eve to help Adam do that. In Genesis 2:18 it says, Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him." A helper who is just right for him...I love that! My bride is the helper that God created for me and she is just right for me.
Men listen to me here. God has given you a job to do, and He has hand crafted and made a woman who is just right for you that will come alongside you and help you to fulfill that job. This is what we should be teaching our children; for ours boys we need to tell them, God has given you a job to do on this planet and He has the right girl out there for you that is going to come and help you to do it. For our girls, God has made you specifically for a boy out there, and you have been created to come alongside and help him and are just the right girl for him, who is going to help him succeed in doing that job God called him to do.
Now before you think that I'm making a sexist statement, or just am a male chauvinist pig, if we would go back to the original design and desire for what God wanted, we would see fulfillment in our lives like we've never seen before. Agree with me or not, it is the truth. I want my son to know that he has a job to do, and that there is a girl out there for him who will help him to accomplish that, and in helping him, she will be fulfilled in her life's calling. For my daughter, I want her to know that she has been called alongside a young man to help him fulfill the job that God has for him to do, and that she was handcrafted to help him do it. And if she will do that, she will be fulfilled in her life as well.
God's design and purpose for men and women is a good one. It's one that has been assaulted since the very beginning. The enemy knew back then as he knows now that if he can divide the man and woman and get them turning on each other he will defeat them. If we don't realize what our purpose here on the planet is, then we become easy prey for the enemy to exploit. When I realize that I have a job to do, and my bride has been called alongside to help me, it puts me in the place of being able to lead my family the way that God intended.
God has great plans for all of us, both men and women, we just need to realize what our part in this story is so that we can then go out and play it. When we play the part we've been created for, then our lives will become much fuller and richer. So let's go out and do that, what do you say?
Strength and honor for the family and the King!
