FAITH CAPSULE: Whatever God meant to be right and for good, the devil meant to be wrong and evil.

Genesis 1, 2

God created heaven and earth by His word. Genesis 1:3-4 recorded, “Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day. Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters…” God spoke to many of His creation, but when it came to the creation of man, the Bible records, “Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.” (Genesis 1:26) Man was hand made by God but not by spoken word of God. Just as man was created differently so were greater light and lesser light. Genesis 1:16-17 stated, “Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also.” God, our creator, knew exactly what He was doing after the creation of man. He recognized the need for His special hand made (Adam) and He put him to sleep, “…He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman…” (Genesis 2:21-22) The purpose of making a woman out of Adam was to create a comparable helper. Knowing the devil for who he is, whatever God meant for good, the devil meant it for evil. God’s plan for both man and woman (comparable helper) to function successfully was in a transparent relationship. It is written, “And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.” (Genesis 2:25) Helping each other evidently became hurting each other when Eve ate from the fruit which God had warned against eating. With transparent relationship, Eve would not have eaten against God’s command before telling Adam. Eve violated the command of God for a comparable helper.Is your relationship with your comparable helper transparent? When you begin to eat where your comparable helper does not know about you have allowed the enemy to have a place in your relationship. The absence of transparency between you and your comparable helper is the evidence that nakedness is absent. Deny the evil one from sowing the seed of asunder into your relationship with your comparable helper. The perfect God knows what is good for your relationship. Beware of the fact that lack of transparency might last but it will not take your relationship far enough in your life journey. Changes are never too late if you will acknowledge your violation of God’s command.

Prayer for today: O Lord my God, I ask this day for your word to have its place in my marriage.