Help meet

“And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.”

This verse shows us that humans are divided in three separate parts: the first is the material part that God created, the second, shown here is the emotional part, that is, the part that needs companionship and the third part is the spiritual part that was made in God’s own image to have an eternal relationship with God. Even though people can exist with water and food, they have no quality of life without relationships with other people. Unless we have other people in our lives, our lives become barren and worthless. When we achieve something that is achievement gives us pleasure when we can share the joy with other people. This fact is also important in the church as well. Some people are Christians but they don’t like the church and won’t attend but it is not good for a Christian to be alone, each Christians needs the company of other Christians before they can enjoy the full benefits of their Christianity.

This verse does not consign women to an inferior role. The Lord may suggest that He is making a help for the man but this doesn’t mean a servant. While this is the first occasion of the word “help” in the Bible we can look to the last time help occurs in Rev 12: 16. In this case the woman is in trouble and the earth comes to her rescue. The earth is not the woman’s servant in that case but a fellow helper in her struggle and together the overcome. The Lord knew that Adam needed a fellow traveller to share the burdens of being God’s agent on the earth and He provided someone who was appropriate to the task. He didn’t give Adam another man so that Adam could get another perspective on every situation. “Meet” can be interpreted by looking in 2 Pet 1: 13 where we see that “meet” simply means appropriate. God knew exactly the kind of person that Adam would need to be his fellow traveller and He provided the appropriate person. This shows that each person has a different role but they are equal, however, God gave Adam the task of being His agent and Eve the task of being his fellow traveller in this task.

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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)