So, Eve awakens, looks upwards, and the first One she sees is her Creator and LORD hovering over her, His beauty taking her breath away. Exploring her surroundings she inquires "What is this?" and "What is that?"
As Eve begins to take it all in - surveying the breathtaking garden-residence - praise erupts within her and she asks --
"What can I give You in thanks?"What did she have? As she looks around attempting to give God something - not unlike a very small child expressing his simple heart of love, joy and contentment to his father and mother - Eve would have taken whatever was nearby perhaps and fashioned something creative to give to God - as a gift. I believe God puts even these ideas in our hearts, knowing what would please and satisfy him.
Because we are uniquely made (right down to our fingerprings being proof of our uniqueness!), then our life in its fullness and everything we do in His name is special and unique. This alone should satisfy us to know that God created us to offer our own personal gift. That is why jealousy over someone else's gift is so wrong, because though we could carbon copy someone else's gift or offering we saw them give to God, it will be wrong - perhaps unreceived by God even. We must give to God that which is uniquely created out of our own hearts of thanksgiving and fully expresses --
"from me, to God, with love."
My children were very creative and very expressive and they often gave me special "gifts" in their early years. Each drawing and homemade gift from my young children were exceptionally different and uniquely identifyable in style, content, and their maturity level at that time in their lives.
The same is true of us as we grow and walk with the Lord, and each gift we offer to God is received by Him according to our maturity in Him. And, the success of our lives (our gift offered) cannot to be measured by others successes!
Back to Eve . . . she asks God, "What do you want me to do??" He answered her "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. Love Adam [your neighbor] as yourself." God may have then explained to her the role of "help-mate." Marriage is really a partnership - a oneness - in the image of the perfect Godhead union: God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. Likewise, Adam, Eve, and the Holy Spirit would be a one-ness of union in perfect love. Eve was to be in union with her Creator, loving him perfectly. Adam was to be in union with His Creator, loving him perfectly. God was giving Eve to Adam and they would both love God and be in perfect union with God. Well, we know how long that worked out . . .
At some point, following the rib surgery, Eve was presented to her help-mate Adam by God Himself. But, before that moment, Eve may have developed her personal relationship with God Himself, and then with Adam . . . in proper order.
From the intimate relationship with their Creator and LORD that they both enjoyed separately, they related to one another purely, unashamed.
Jesus has restored that union with us as was originally intended. "Father, make them one as we are one . . ." And praise erupts within my heart and today I asked him "What can I give you?"
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