Married to a Man Who Needs Help

Married to a Man Who Needs Help

Needs, both men and women have them.

God has a purpose in making

man and woman with needs.

The needs God created man and woman

with are met through giving and receiving.

The fulfilled life is recognizing we were

made for relationship and fellowship.

That giving is the answer to receiving.

Throughout the scriptures the

needs of humanity are addressed.

In the beginning God majored on the need of man.

The man is not to be alone.

He was designed for relationship.

God revealed the need of man is a woman, a wife.

There is an order to get needs met.

God made man to be the image and glory of

God but he made woman to be the glory of man.

Woman did not come first but the man.

Yet, “In the Lord, however,

woman is not independent of man,

nor is man independent of woman.

For as woman came from man,

 so also man is born of woman.

But everything comes from God.”

1Corinthians 1:11-12

If the wife is designed to be her husband’s helpmate…

What needs was God looking at and what is the purpose?

The purpose seems to be very clear.

God made man to lead creation and

the family into the glories of God.

That is a tall order.

When I married Sandy I did so because I

loved her and felt she could help me through life.

When we dated, she put me first in many ways.

She showed confidence in me.

I leaned on her devotion to me for strength and inspiration.

 In everything I did, I looked for her encouragement,

cheerfulness, and confidence.

When I felt like I was failing she is the first person I

look to in order to get back on the track God has for me.

If I lead with commands I find I

do not have the support I need.

But when I allow for communication I

not only get her wisdom but her support.

Man has physical, spiritual and emotional needs.

The key to meeting those needs is loving communication.

Where the vision and issues of life are agreed upon.

As the husband leads, he is looking to his wife’s support.

Out of all the encouragement and support in

the world, hers is the most important to him.

The wife who realizes this will not only

increase her husband’s effectiveness but his love.

Scripture Reading

1 Corinthians 11:7-13 NIV

7 A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. 8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; 9 neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. 10 For this reason, and because of the angels, the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head.

11 In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12 For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.

Genesis 2:18 NIV

18 The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone.

 I will make a helper suitable for him."