SUPPORT IS NEEDED BY EVERY HUMAN SOUL…

Not one of us can have the contented life without God – without man.

Most all people today have heard, if not even vaguely, of the story of Adam and Eve, remembering: “It is not good for man to be alone.” And of course, it’s not. God knew even though Adam was His first man, created in His own image, blessing him, telling him to be fruitful, increase and subdue the Earth, it was not good for Adam to be alone. Alone? He was with God! God knew Adam needed even more. Remarkable!

The Bible also says at that time, He created them male and female:

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase number; fill the earth and subdue it.  (Genesis 1:26-28)

It is in Genesis, chapter two, that our good LORD caused Adam to fall into a deep sleep, taking one of his ribs making the woman, Eve, from it. God knows it all and He knew from the beginning as He created them male and female, their need for Him and for each other. It is not good for man to be alone. And it is not good for woman to be alone. God has even given us a desire to have children…

Even though the divorce is high, God wants us to have more than Him, more than a relationship with just Him. He created us with a need and a desire for human intimacy, that of male and female, man and wife. He placed in us a desire to share our lives with others, our children. And, Beloved, as Adam and Eve increased in number, God wants us to have fellowship with others, those who seem to be out of our immediate biological family units, family in the faith (for we all did indeed come from the one man, Adam.) We need to give and receive love from our friends who truly are family in our faith – other believers in the one true God: the God of Israel and the Church, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We are to fellowship with our family.

But godliness with contentment is great gain. (1 Timothy 6:6)

We need support. The Bible speaks of iron sharpening iron in the book of Proverbs. We need cuddles, kisses and intimacy. We need laughter and love! We need more than God. Remarkable!

The wise prepare their hearts:

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,  praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. (Acts 2:42-47)

So Beloved, as I started my day today, I counted my blessings (which might seem so hokey to the ungrateful) knowing that I need not only God but also: my husband, my children, my church family, my covenant, the Church, AND Israel!

All glory to God in the highest and peace, love, joy and fellowship to those on whom His favor rests!

SCRIPTURAL TRUTHS TO THIS “JOY STORY”!

These are the things you are to teach and insist on. If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, they are conceited and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions  and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain. But godliness with contentment is great gain. (1 Timothy 6:2-6)

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.  And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:23-25)