Tag: Helper

Find a Wife, It is Good

Of course finding a wife is good. Lori and I have been married for 29 years and I would not have it any other way. But what and why is it good has to be explored.

“22He who finds a wife finds a good thing

and obtains favor from the Lord.”

— Proverbs 18:22 (ESV)

Here we see it in Proverbs. Being married to your wife is a good thing and God looks down on the relationship smiling. But why is God smiling? Because He made things this way.

“18Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit fore him.’” – Genesis 2:18 (ESV)

God recognized that man should not be alone. He should have a companion, a helper, a wife, to get along in this world. So, God made woman. But, He did not make her like every other beast of the earth. He made her from a part of man. She was created and brought specifically to man to be his companion, helper, wife to get along in this world.

“21So 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. 22And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.” – Genesis 2:21-22 (ESV)

God brought woman to man and consecrated the first marriage. And He smiled at what He had done.

Let’s go back to man finding a wife and it being good. You see, God created the first marriage between man and woman. He knew we needed a companion, a helper, a wife to get along in this world and so He made it happen. When we are out there in this world alone, we are missing out. We are meant to be with our wife. We are meant to find our companion. We are meant to find our helper. We are meant to find our wife to get along in this world and God knows it is good and will be smiling on the relationship.

I am blessed to have Lori in my life. I am blessed to have her to love. I am blessed to have her as my companion. I could not make it without her as my helper. I love her for who she is and who she is to me. I found my forever wife and God is looking down on us with favor.

What is your view of finding your wife? Are you seeing her as just something that is done? What if you see her as God’s purposeful good companion, helper, and wife to get along in this world?

Spiritual Leadership Not Attained On Our Own

In the secular world, leadership as Henry and Richard Blackaby say, “can be achieved through sheer force of will.” Someone may be able to live out the phrase, “If you want something done right, I have to do it myself.” And where this may feel as though it is true in the secular world, in reality getting something done most of the time requires help. And that help is from the Holy Spirit who was assigned to the task by God and sent by Jesus.

For me to attain spiritual leadership, it needs to be given to me. It is my task assigned by God. I am provided not only the task, but also the means and help to achieve. I am not alone and my will cannot help me.

And how do we know of the assignment and the tasks we are to accomplish for the LORD. We are to be in right step with Him all along the way. I have to commune with the LORD on the regular to know and understand that which He has for me. I have to love Him will all of me and accept that He loves me with all of Himself. Only then will His will be known to me.

“37And he said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38This is the great and first commandment.’” – Matthew 22:37-38 (ESV)

This love of the LORD shows our commitment to Him and in turn, He reveals Himself to us and assigns the tasks He has for us. And then, the Helper comes to guide us through it all.

“15If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will beg in you.” – John 14:15-17 (ESV)

I cannot do it alone. I need help. The LORD knows this and provided the Helper I need. I am to do the work of the LORD with the help of the Holy Spirit. I cannot attain spiritual leadership without it being assigned to me by God and without the help of the Holy Spirit. I cannot do it alone.

What is your process for attaining spiritual leadership? Are you out there going it alone, working to do it yourself? What if you worked to love the LORD and know that He will assign your tasks and then, give you the Helper so that you are not alone?