Journey Through the Cross
Forty Days of Devotions on the Greatest Event of all Time.
Day 3: Companion
And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him…. So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.” Genesis 2:18, 20
Adam, the image of God, king of the world, walked among the creatures of a new earth. Like his Father before him, he claimed dominion by naming all he would rule over. Cattle, fowl, and wild beasts, all were named, all were dominated.
But through this process a thought began to take form in his perfect mind. Ethereal at first, it finally became a blatant revelation to him: Pairs– everything was in pairs. Male and female.
Adam knew he was king of the world, and he knew he was male.
And now he realized he was alone.
Just like God.
Adam was one, lone, lonely.
Through his brilliant mind, his perfect heart, his deep soul swept this overwhelming realization, overpowering feeling, and the infinite ache of loneliness.
And he passed out.
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. Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. Genesis 2:21-22
The Lord God put him under a deep sleep, laid him gently on the soft ground, and began to work on a cure for man’s greatest malady.
He opened up the side of Adam and took out one of his ribs; the first shedding of blood ever recorded. And from that piece of flesh He constructed a woman, a companion, a counterpart.
She must be born not of earth nor animal, but of man. She must be fashioned not from his heel to be trampled on by him, nor from his head to rule over him, but from his side to walk with him. She must come from near his heart that she may love and be loved, that she may understand him and do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She must be the perfect woman for the perfect man, compatible in every way, and she must be the cure for his loneliness.
This was God’s glorious plan and His crowning creation. From the substance that came from Adam’s side the Lord God fashioned the absolute perfection of the feminine. Flawless and complete in every conceivable way, body, soul, and spirit, she was the most beautiful creature this universe has ever seen; the sinless Eve.
When God had made her just the way He wanted, as His final and crowning creation, He brought her to Adam.
The world has never been the same.
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.” Genesis 2:23
“Arise, my son, I have Something for you.”
As Adam opened his eyes and stood to his feet he saw his waking Dream, for walking down the path toward him was the very vision from God’s heart become real.
There before him, and just for him, was the Almighty’s idea of divine beauty to fulfill his every need, the most exquisite creature imaginable.
Eve, daughter of God.
Adam gasped, and felt his side. Brilliantly he deduced all that had transpired.
“Bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh,” he said.
Out of me; for me.
There must have been a part of him still in “king of the world” mode, because he felt the need to name It, and so claim dominion.
“She is Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”
There, that should do it.
And then she smiled.
When Eve smiled, the sun was put to shame. When she laughed, it seemed as though all creation quivered and giggled. When she called his name, he would give her his undivided attention and do anything she asked. And when she touched him…
Her skin was softer than warm butter. When she moved, her hair flowed like a field of ripened grain in a summer breeze. She had eyes that shone with depth, intelligence, and light that seemed to come from another realm. Flowers grew wherever she placed a delicate foot, and fruit appeared ripe and heavy when she passed by. She could run like the wind, swim without a ripple, and talk to the animals.
And she loved him.
With her whole and perfect heart, with an intelligence that flowed from using her entire and complete mind she loved and adored him. Body, soul, and spirit, she was his.
How completely she fulfilled him!
To work with her at his side made any labor a joy. To talk with her, listen to her voice, to gain her perspective was an education he never knew he had missed. To drink in her beauty, the very glory of her presence, filled his heart with ecstasy.
She would race off through the trees, look over her shoulder and flash him that smile. Did she have to speak aloud? Body language spoke volumes.
“Oh Adam, am I not beautiful?
“Am I not desirable?
“Will you pursue me?
“If you catch me, you can have me.”
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. Genesis 2:24-25
Of all over which Adam ruled, and all he held dear, nothing could compare to Eve. She was his perfect companion, the fulfillment of his life, and the cure for his loneliness. He couldn’t have been happier.
Yet there was found no Companion for God.
Scripture References:
Genesis 2:18-25
Proverbs 31: 12
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