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Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it Genesis 2:15

Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. Genesis 2:19-20

From the very moment of the creation of man, God called men into manhood. And what did manhood look like for the first man, Adam?

It looked like responsibility.

God called Adam and assigned him work to do. God gave him responsibility to tend the garden and keep it, or cultivate it and preserve it, maintain it. He gave him the responsibility to name every animal and every bird.

God’s plan from the very beginning was to delegate useful work to man for His purposes and glory. And that is still His plan today – to delegate to us the good work that needs to be done in this world for His glory. And when God cannot find a man, it creates a problem! God’s plan is a man!

Ladies – I am not saying that God doesn’t have a plan to use you. He absolutely does. Read Genesis 1 and 2. But the truth is that God created Adam first, gave him the responsibility, and by the way – held Adam, the man, accountable when things went the wrong direction.