Through His wondrous grace, we find that the Lord God says, “It is not good that the man should be alone” (vs. 18). How lovely to see that in all that God has provided, it is not complete without a helpmeet for him. So it says in verses 19-20, “And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam. . . . But for Adam there was not found a helpmeet for him.” Of all the beautiful animals that this world had, nothing corresponded to Adam.
So it is that God forms for the man, from Adam’s side, one who is his helpmeet, his like. How vital this is! Often we hear people say, “Well, the person that he’s marrying is a Christian,” as if that is all that really matters. It is important that the partner be a child of God. The Word of God is very clear on that. “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers” (2 Cor. 6:14). But that is not enough. The Christian home, the home that God intends it to be, will not result simply from two who belong to Christ being joined together. What the man needs is one who will be willing to walk in the same path of faith as he does — one who wants to walk to please God and who has the same exercise of heart and conscience.