The Foundation of the Family
The Foundation of the Family
Monday
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
— Genesis 2:18-25 (ESV)
— Genesis 2:18-25 (ESV)
Before there was a government, before there was a church, before there was any institution on earth, there was a family. God looked at Adam alone in the garden and declared, “It is not good that the man should be alone.” From that moment, God set the family as the cornerstone of human community. He fashioned Eve not from the dust of the ground but from Adam’s own side—she was bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh. This was not an afterthought. It was the crowning act of creation.
Today, reflect on the reality that God values the family so highly that He established it before anything else in human society. If you are married, thank God for the gift of your spouse. If you are single, thank God for the families He has placed around you. Ask the Lord to show you how you can strengthen the families in your life this week.
Today, reflect on the reality that God values the family so highly that He established it before anything else in human society. If you are married, thank God for the gift of your spouse. If you are single, thank God for the families He has placed around you. Ask the Lord to show you how you can strengthen the families in your life this week.
Prayer:
Lord, thank You for designing the family as the bedrock of community. Help me to honor that design in every relationship You have entrusted to me. Amen.
Lord, thank You for designing the family as the bedrock of community. Help me to honor that design in every relationship You have entrusted to me. Amen.
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