Why did God make you a woman?

God created woman with a strength all her own. Unfortunately, most women in our society today have been so busy trying to be men, which they have totally missed out on the inherent power of being ladies.  As Christian women, we can sometimes get caught up in getting things accomplished. When you slow down, it allows God to use His Word to show you who you were really created to be; not only as a woman, but as a Woman of God. 

Why Did God Make You a Woman? 

To Fix a Serious Problem

Now the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.   -Genesis 2:18 

Of course, I am NOT implying that Christian single women have no place in God's plan. All women have a vital purpose.   But to understand our true intent, we must look at where the first thought of women appeared.

It is amazing to think that, in the entire story of creation, this is the only time that God says "It is not good."

 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed and God saw that it was good.-Genesis 1:12

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night and God saw that it was good. -Genesis 1:16-18

Genesis continues on describing the beauty and wonder of God calling all creation into being.  And, as they say, "it was all good!"

But, all of a sudden, there was trouble in paradise!

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a help meet suitable for him.”

Something was not good.

Enter you – Woman, the answer to the problem.

My Oh My.  How things can get lost in translation.

I am not sure if you can relate, but in the past, whenever I have heard the words help meet, I always felt so secondary.  Like God’s afterthought.   "Is that all I am," I wondered, "Someone's help meet? And what in the world is a help meet anyways?"  But, to an all knowing God, there is no such thing as an afterthought.

He knew as He formed Adam with His hands, that He was hiding the beauty and strength of Eve deep inside of Him. And that He would only unveil her after He made a very important point:  a world without woman is a world that is "not good." 

Now, you will have to forgive me. I usually try not to get in to very minute details. But when we are talking about why God created you, I think it is more than necessary to be thorough.

 So, here goes a quick lesson in Hebrew:  God said, "I will make him a (n) ezer" (Genesis 2:18). 

First off, the Hebrew language is very different from English.  

A single word in the English language could represent several different words in the Hebrew language. Each individual Hebrew word would have a more in depth meaning than its English counterpart. 

There are different Hebrew words that we translate as help. 

The Hebrew term "ezer" is actually based on an ancient word "azar." The Strongs Hebrew dictionary translates it as "to surround, i.e. protect or aid:--help, succour." 

I personally had to look up the word succour. It means to be the one who gives assistance in a time of great difficulty.  If we look in the Bible for other instances when we see ezer used instead of other words that mean help, we see something very interesting.  It was usually used by believers who were in grave danger! They needed a special kind of help.  They needed to be surrounded with protection.  They needed the One who gives assistance in a time of great danger.  

They needed an ezer!  

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

Our help [is] in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.-Psalm 124:7, 8

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 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD:

 He is their help and their shield.-Psalm 115:11

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 And my personal favorite:

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. -Psalms 121:1 & 2

After looking at those scriptures, and many others using the word, I personally think that the usual translation of ezer as "help meet" does not quite capture the true meaning of the word.

What do you think?  

God has called you so much more than just a helper. Just like Eve, God created you because there was a serious problem. And, He uniquely designed you to fix it.  This world needs the gifts that God has stored on the inside of you.  Make no mistake. When God gave the commission to subdue the Earth, Eve was not excluded from the mandate! 

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion..."-Genesis 1:28

You are important to God, and you are important to the world. You have a strength and beauty all your own. Ask God to reveal it to you so that you can become the Ezer you were destined to be since the creation of the world.