THE PURPOSE OF WOMAN AS A WIFE

Genesis 2:15-25

When God put man in the Garden of Eden, the man had a purpose. According to Genesis 2:15, he was to dress and keep the Garden. That was his purpose given him by God.

Every animal had a companion. Man did not. In verse 18 God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him”. First God brought every creature to Adam for him to name. Adam gave names to every beast and fowl, but there was still nothing for him.

Finally, God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam; and He formed the woman from one of Adam’s ribs. Then He brought her to the man.

Adam must have been pleased to have this creature made just for him. He 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.” There is nothing that says he questioned anything about this newest creation of God’s. He accepted her just as she was.

In the next verse, God tells us that man is to leave his parents and become one flesh with his wife. So what can we learn from those few verses about the purpose of woman as a wife?

Woman was created for man. She was created as a help meet, or someone suitable for man. She would meet his needs. She would complete him. She would belong to him, and he would leave behind his mother and his father and become one flesh with her.

This woman was to complete the man but only as his wife. Not as his mistress, not as his slave, but as his wife. That is the woman’s purpose! That is God’s purpose for a wife.

We, as women, should be honored by the place God has given us. He has put us in a position of being loved, cared for, and held in high esteem. What greater place could we hold?

Sandra Oliver