EVE-A WOMAN WHO MISSED IT!
We know very little about Eve, the first woman in the world, yet she is the mother of us all. She was the final piece in the intricate and amazing puzzle of God’s creation. Adam now had another human being with whom to fellowship-someone with an equal share in God’s image. Here was someone alike enough for companionship, yet different enough for relationship. Together they were greater than either could have been alone.
Eve was approached by Satan in the Garden of Eden, where she and Adam lived. He questioned her contentment. How could she be happy when she was not allowed to eat from one of the fruit trees? Satan helped Eve shift her focus from all that God had done and given to the one thing He had withheld. And Eve was willing to accept Satan’s viewpoint without checking with God.
Sound familiar? How often is our attention drawn from the much which is ours to the little that isn’t. We get that “I’ve got to have it” feeling. Eve was typical of us all, and we consistently show that we are her descendant by repeating her mistakes. Our desires, like Eve’s, can be quite easily manipulated. They are not the best basis for actions. We need to keep God in our decision –making process always. His Word, the Bible, is our guidebook in decision making.
Strength And Accomplishments:
- First wife and mother
- First female. As such she shared a special relationship with God, had co-responsibility with Adam over creation, and displayed certain characteristics of God.
Weakness And Mistakes:
- Allowed her contentment to be undermined by Satan
- Acted impulsively without talking either to God or to her mate.
- Not only sinned, but shared her sin with Adam
- When confronted, blamed others
Lesson From Her Life:
- The female share in the image of God
- The necessary ingredient for a strong marriage are commitment to each other, companionship with each other, complete oneness, and absence of shame (Gen 2: 24,25).
- The basic human tendency to sin goes back to the beginning of the human race.
Key Verse: “And the Lord God said, it is not good that the man should be alone, I will make him an help meet for him” (Gen. 2:18).
Eve’s story is told in Genesis 2:18-4:26. Her death is not mentioned in Scripture