"I'm ready to be WIFED!"

"Adam and Eve met in Genesis" catch me in the spirit ;)

Quick background, Adam was placed in the garden of Eden. This garden is nowhere to be found now because it represented the presence of God. Eden just means the full presence of God.

This blog post is to raise a question to those that believe they are ready for their partners to come. Are you really ready?

Genesis​ 2:18 And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

First of all, in the scripture above, it was GOD that said "It's not good for man to be alone", not Adam. Adam was in the presence of God (Eden) and there was no mention of complain from Adam needing a wife. But it was God that said what he needed and didn't need. We forget that God knows us more than we know ourselves sometimes, and this example shows how even when we aren't searching, God brings blessings in our lives because he knows how we will need them. Sometimes we only realise after the blessing is there.

We need to reach a point where we "want not". Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

I feel like this verse (Genesis 2:18) is always perceived as that we should have a partner. But I am here to say it is OKAY to remain single! It's okay to be content in the presence of God. In fact, not everyone has to have a partner. If anything, not yet. But that's because the Lord has purposes for you to fulfil before your helper (for guys)/ partner comes through.

Corinthians 7: 32 I want you to be free from the concerns of this life. An unmarried man can spend his time doing the Lord’s work and thinking how to please him. 33 But a married man has to think about his earthly responsibilities and how to please his wife. 34 His interests are divided. In the same way, a woman who is no longer married or has never been married can be devoted to the Lord and holy in body and in spirit. But a married woman has to think about her earthly responsibilities and how to please her husband.

Paul says how it is OKAY to not be married and be content in the presence of God. Sometimes, relationships that are formed come as distractions from your work for God, or your work in general. They come to distract your productivity and some people fail to have self control/discipline once an attractive opposite sex enters their life and instead of fulfilling their purposes for God, a separation between them and God appears. Be careful when people enter your life! Check your readiness, check your contentment in Christ and check that your heart is at a right place with God because it can be very easy to be swayed by sweet talk.

Genesis 2:21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.

22 Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.

It was when Adam was sleeping in the presence of God that Eve was prepared. To sleep is to rest. Adam found rest in the presence of God and that's when his wife was prepared. It's always good to pray for your future partner, however, understand that your partner will be prepared as you find rest in the presence of God.

Psalms 37:4 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.

God will know when you are in need of your partner, but he needs your attention to be on him first because it's him that knows your heart's desires more than you do. To take delight is to find "great pleasure" in something or someone. When you reach the stage of enjoying the presence of God and taking delight in the Lord, he will grant you your heart's desires. So FIND REST in the presence of God. Verse 22 says "and He brought her to the man". God presented Eve to man! In fact, the man did not need to search for her, but God presented the wife to him.

Genesis 2:18 also says that Adam was "alone". Alone is from the word "all one". "All" represents wholeness. Adam was so content he did not need to search because he didn't know there was anything missing.

Genesis2: 23 And Adam said:“This is now bone of my bonesAnd flesh of my flesh;She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.”24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

When Eve was presented to Adam, Adam saw her and knew she was part of him. He says "bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh". Adam was able to make sense of what he was missing only when she was presented to him. God's blessings sometimes make sense after they are received. Verse 24 mentions how it's Adam that leaves his mother and father's house, not Eve. The whole chapter, briefly, is about God creating the helper for Adam. The person that needs help is he that seeks for it. What I'm trying to say is that, girls... There is no need to seek for your husband for he is to do the moving. He is the one that leaves his family to his helper, not you. It is him that declared "bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh" once you were presented to him. Let him chase you.

I understand some people may disagree with me... LOL but hey! If a guy likes you THAT much, he will eventually approach you, no need to chase.

Anyways, the point of this blog post is to remember to be CONTENT in the presence of God. To take delight in the Lord, for it is then that he will grant you your heart's desires. There are many people DESPERATE for a relationship and they fail to be "alone". They depend on a partner to "fill" their emptiness, not realising that the filling is draining their partner. Do not be desperate for a relationship, but "Want not" because the Lord is your shepherd. A shepherd's role is to lead, provide and take care of sheep. Let yourself rest in the presence of the Lord and want not by only wanting him. I promise you, he knows you more than you know yourself. Don't think because everyone is in a relationship, you need to be in one too... Single life is actually lit. Some "relationship goals" are just curses for you don't know what happens behind closed doors. Don't ever worship relationships for you will lose the understanding of the purposes of relationships. Overall... Know how to be a wife of God before you become a wife of man. Being a wife means submission to the Lord and obedience which is also applied to guys. Be submissive to God first and learn to form a relationship with him before you can form a relationship with your partner.

Learn to place God in the centre of EVERYTHING you do, so when your partner comes, your foundation of what remains in the centre is set.

Written by Rue.,2018

Inspired by The Holy Spirit