Two Are Better II

‘A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken’ Ecc. 4:12

‘A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer’. In other words, you can only confront what you are facing. It is difficult to confront what you are backing. God is saying that when you are in a community [marriage, family, or church] when you face one direction your partner ideally should be facing the opposite direction. My grand mum would say that ‘two people should not sleep on the same bed and face the same direction’. Unfortunately there are couples that are facing the same direction. There is nothing wrong with your wife seeing things differently than you do. What is the value if you always see things the same way? Will there be conflict? Yes, that is why you are Christians; you have to forgive each other. Yet the values outweigh the strain. You and your spouse can stand back to back and conquer.  ‘Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken’. The story is told of a man who wanted to use this statement in the Bible to bend his way into bringing in a second wife. Do not let anyone deceive you, that is not what the Bible is saying in this portion of scripture. God alone has to be the third man in your relationships.

The issue of friendship, community, and fellowship is so powerful. It is the friendship you keep that determines what grows and what dies in you. None of us is as strong as all of us. None of us is as anointed as all of us. None of us is as wealthy as all of us. None of us is smarter than all of us. The company you keep determines to a large extent what grows and what dies in you. Every one that has walked successfully as a Christian has leveraged the power of community.

Prayer: Father, lead me to those who will partner with me in the battles that will come my way.  Lord, I invite You into all of my relationships today, in Jesus Name