When we pray, we make God aware of what we need. The animals do not need to ask for anything to meet their needs. That is not so with human beings; they are creatures of free will and choice. We have a higher responsibility in having our needs met. There are things God wants us to recognise that we need before He gives them to us. That is what the whole discipline of prayer is about, God knows the things we need, but He wants us to be aware of them and ask, and then He responds.
And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” (Gen 2:18). The book of Genesis opens our eyes to God’s unique ways of dealing with humanity. Since it is the first book of the Bible, it also introduces us to God’s first principles of life on earth. Everything we learn from the first few chapters of Genesis reveals profound truths about how we must live our lives. God, the Creator of man, knew the importance of a companion for the man He had created. If God knew Adam needed a wife, why did He not give Adam a companion during His creation? He made the animals with companions, so why did God have to wait when it came to man?
In Genesis, we see a pattern that God does some things for us when it comes to man and leaves other things to discover. He created us to make discoveries for ourselves. God planted Eden for man but gave him the responsibility to tend it and keep it. Similarly, God created man with the capacity for a relationship but wanted man to make that discovery for himself. God could have given Adam everything he needed in this life, yet He did not provide it for him all at once. Your Father knows what you need, but He wants you to know that you need them. In our discovery, we receive God’s response. When we see our needs and present them before God in prayer, He responds to them.
