Do you need to be put to sleep?

"So Adam gave names to all the cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took of 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 2:20-22 

Have you ever wondered why God when removing one of Adam’s ribs to form Eve; his wife, had to place Adam into a deep sleep?

Was it because he had to be put to sleep to avoid the pain of that first operation ever made

on man? Yes! However, God could have done it without causing him to sleep – right!

Let’s meditate on the above verse!

When God gave authority to Adam to name all the animals, He did not interfere when Adam was naming them. Therefore, Lion was named Lion, Horse – Horse, Eagle – Eagle. God did not say, “Adam, I think this name is incorrect. Why don’t you name this one ‘butter-phant.’” He gave him freedom to name them as he pleased. However, when it came to creating Woman, he caused Adam not to just fall asleep, but a deep sleep – Why?

God, in creating Adam in His likeness and image, perfect in every way, wanted to create someone perfect in nature and form for His creation – without any interference.

Can you imagine if Adam was awake and having been giving the freedom to name all the animals, now wanted to add his ‘50p’ in the creation of woman. What do you think Adam could have said?  He could have said “God, make Woman shorter, a size zero, with thicker lips and longer red hair. While You are doing that, give her another breast make her smile all the time for me”

This is the kind of list that people make in their minds in their search for their Adam or Eve. They don’t want to fall into a deep sleep. They want to ‘meddle’ in whom God chooses for them.

So, they pray for someone who is honest, outgoing, kind and ambitious – the qualities they would like most in a partner, but because the person only has one or two of these characteristics, they say ‘this is not who God has prepared for me.’ Maybe the person has all the characteristics, however, the person's looks was not exactly what they wanted.

And this keeps happening repeatedly. Maybe that person is carrying your rib or you have the one rib that belongs to your ‘Adam’ but you decide to take things into your own hands ‘meddle’ in what God has chosen to be the person for you.

If you keep complaining that there is no one for you, then I have the perfect solution: Fall into a VERY deep sleep... and only wake up when the anaesthetic wakes you up – no sooner.

That way you will see the qualities you have been praying for in that person, (though they may not have all of them) however like you, you will realise that they are a work-in-progress. The other things that need to be changed or added, both of you will work on them – Together.

"...and He brought her to the  man. And Adam said: "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." - Genesis 2:22-23

Goodnight - and have sweet dreams!