What Did God Say?

in #steemchurch7 years ago

18 And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone;

… Adam’s “single state” was the only thing God created that He declared “not good”… (Also true of us… In terms of… “You being the bride of Christ… His Spirit indwelling yours”)... Being alone without Christ is not good for us...

...I will make him a helper comparable to him.” 19 Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. 20 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. (Of the same order or kind as Adam)..

“Mr. and Mrs. Giraffe, Mr. and Mrs. Rhinoceros, Mr. and Mrs. Orangutan, Mr. and Mrs. Hippopotamus”—Adam called out their names as the animals were presented to him...

… And as he did... There must have come a point when he came to the realization that everyone but him had a mate…

(Adam could have said) … “This is not good...I gotta make something happen, I'm single”... climbing trees and beating bushes to find a mate... He could have searched the world to find his counterpart—but the closest he would have come (As a kind) would have been an orangutan or a chimpanzee...

… And that’s what happens to a lot of people today... Aware of their single state (They say) “I gotta find somebody”... So off they go CLUBBIN’... And they come back??? with an orangutan...

… “So she’s a little hairy?... So he’s kind of wild and overbearing, but this is as close as I can get to a perfect match”... they say...

...That is no more God’s plan for us than it was for Adam… (Go looking for the Lord)... (He might be found in someone)… (Or it may simply just BE THE LORD YOU FIND)... (It’s not a crisis!!!... But it is the Lord you’re looking for… And not the Chimpanzee)...