God Made a Helpmeet
Scripture: 1 Peter 3:7Devotional Series: Wives
Teaching: Wives pt. 2 (SUN_AM 2024-09-01) by Pastor Star R Scott
We just can’t understand clearly in light of where we are today in society with all of the secular humanist perspectives. Those in the sciences, would have us believe that man is just an extension of the evolution process and that we are just advanced animals. We can sure see people living like animals today, can’t we? They are without natural affection, without the expression of that great power and that great entity that makes us human. Love and compassion. It is our ability to choose, and every day, we choose to live godly lives. Every day, we choose to crucify the old man. These are choices that we have. God created us in His image. That image of God we were made in was to exemplify Him in our ability to rule this planet, to rule every living thing that God had made, and to have authority over them. We saw that it was not good that man was alone, and God made him a helpmeet. We’re so thankful for that role of a godly woman who would come and help us. Aren’t we, men?
The word “helpmeet” just means “to surround.” As we talk about the duty that you wives have, we find that, as a wife, your role is to surround your husband, to guard him constantly, and protect him at all times through your intercessory prayer and consciousness of what you see might be dangerous. Whether it is covetousness, whether it is different types of lust, or whatever it might be, if you please, you are ever-present. See that surrounding as an ever-presence. You’re aware of where your husband is in his spiritual walk and where he is in his daily activities, so you can be there to speak a word in season; amen? That’s your role. Ladies, your first role is the care, concern, strengthening, and protection of your husbands. We all know that to do that properly, you must be strong yourself.
Part of that comes from your husband doing his role of continual washing with the water of the Word, that unconditional love that’s given, that tenderness, and that kindness that should express his appreciation for this role that God Himself has placed you in, the weaker vessel. Women, you can never allow yourself to think outside that role that God has specified. You occupy the role of the weaker vessel; amen? When we talk about that weakness that’s there, it’s an interesting thing. It’s not talking about worth. It’s not talking about anything that has to do with the spiritual value or the natural value in which you exist. It has to do with God’s divine order. Because of the consequences of sin, God no longer allowed this coequality that Adam and Eve had. Because Eve was the one who partook, was beguiled, and was deceived, her role of independence was taken away, and she was put into that role of subordination. We’ve seen that.
Let’s look at Genesis, Chapter 2. We will look over these aspects again. Down here in the second chapter God admonished them not to partake of the tree of good and evil. “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him” (Genesis 2:17-18). As we were saying, the word means “to surround, to protect, to aid, and to help.” As we look at the role of the wife, we have to start right here. This is the primary role. That’s what was subverted when sin manifested itself. In fact, from that period of time, the tendency of the woman was toward independence. There became a part of their character that was a usurping role. Rather than having been gifted a coequality with man, there was a demand to continue to occupy that role even after the judgment of God. But that was the original role of the woman, to protect, to aid, and to help. Those things were not consequences of the curse. From the beginning that was the role of the woman, even in the role of coequality. Don’t think that somehow these particular things have been put upon you by the man, circumstances, or the fall. It is what you should be and God’s intent for you innately.
The word “helpmeet” just means “to surround.” As we talk about the duty that you wives have, we find that, as a wife, your role is to surround your husband, to guard him constantly, and protect him at all times through your intercessory prayer and consciousness of what you see might be dangerous. Whether it is covetousness, whether it is different types of lust, or whatever it might be, if you please, you are ever-present. See that surrounding as an ever-presence. You’re aware of where your husband is in his spiritual walk and where he is in his daily activities, so you can be there to speak a word in season; amen? That’s your role. Ladies, your first role is the care, concern, strengthening, and protection of your husbands. We all know that to do that properly, you must be strong yourself.
Part of that comes from your husband doing his role of continual washing with the water of the Word, that unconditional love that’s given, that tenderness, and that kindness that should express his appreciation for this role that God Himself has placed you in, the weaker vessel. Women, you can never allow yourself to think outside that role that God has specified. You occupy the role of the weaker vessel; amen? When we talk about that weakness that’s there, it’s an interesting thing. It’s not talking about worth. It’s not talking about anything that has to do with the spiritual value or the natural value in which you exist. It has to do with God’s divine order. Because of the consequences of sin, God no longer allowed this coequality that Adam and Eve had. Because Eve was the one who partook, was beguiled, and was deceived, her role of independence was taken away, and she was put into that role of subordination. We’ve seen that.
Let’s look at Genesis, Chapter 2. We will look over these aspects again. Down here in the second chapter God admonished them not to partake of the tree of good and evil. “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him” (Genesis 2:17-18). As we were saying, the word means “to surround, to protect, to aid, and to help.” As we look at the role of the wife, we have to start right here. This is the primary role. That’s what was subverted when sin manifested itself. In fact, from that period of time, the tendency of the woman was toward independence. There became a part of their character that was a usurping role. Rather than having been gifted a coequality with man, there was a demand to continue to occupy that role even after the judgment of God. But that was the original role of the woman, to protect, to aid, and to help. Those things were not consequences of the curse. From the beginning that was the role of the woman, even in the role of coequality. Don’t think that somehow these particular things have been put upon you by the man, circumstances, or the fall. It is what you should be and God’s intent for you innately.