Ecclesiastes 4:7-12
4:7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 4:8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
4:9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 4:10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. 4:11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? 4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
A threefold cord is not quickly broken.-Ecclesiastes 4:12
We do not function well as loners. I have seen an old high school friend become an unhappy recluse. I know of a man who became angry with his church board, stop attending services, and rejected all who tried to reach out to him. He said he needed no one except God. Yet he was a miserable old man who cried and cried when he became terminally ill.
In Ecclesiastes 4:8 we read about a lonely person who devoted all his energy to the prsuit of wealth. He didn't have time for friends or family. He worked very hard, yet his wealth didn't satisfy the void in his life.
After depicting the lonely man, the author of Ecclesiastes illstrated the advantages of fellowship and partnership (vv.9-12). He did so by referring to the value and productivity of two laboring together (v.9), of one helping the other warm on cold nights (v.11), and of two protecting each other when attacked(v.12). The closing example, " A threefold cord is not quickly broken," was a proverbial way of saying "there is strenght in numbers."
God has designed us with a need for one another. so, be sure to have friends, and be a friend. That's the only way to fulfill God's design for companionship. -HVL
I went out to find a friend
But could not find one there;:friends:
I went out to be a friend,
And friends were everywhere -Anon
THE TIME TO MAKE FRIENDS IS BEFORE YOU NEED THEM.
4:7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 4:8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
4:9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 4:10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. 4:11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? 4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
A threefold cord is not quickly broken.-Ecclesiastes 4:12
We do not function well as loners. I have seen an old high school friend become an unhappy recluse. I know of a man who became angry with his church board, stop attending services, and rejected all who tried to reach out to him. He said he needed no one except God. Yet he was a miserable old man who cried and cried when he became terminally ill.
In Ecclesiastes 4:8 we read about a lonely person who devoted all his energy to the prsuit of wealth. He didn't have time for friends or family. He worked very hard, yet his wealth didn't satisfy the void in his life.
After depicting the lonely man, the author of Ecclesiastes illstrated the advantages of fellowship and partnership (vv.9-12). He did so by referring to the value and productivity of two laboring together (v.9), of one helping the other warm on cold nights (v.11), and of two protecting each other when attacked(v.12). The closing example, " A threefold cord is not quickly broken," was a proverbial way of saying "there is strenght in numbers."
God has designed us with a need for one another. so, be sure to have friends, and be a friend. That's the only way to fulfill God's design for companionship. -HVL
I went out to find a friend
But could not find one there;:friends:
I went out to be a friend,
And friends were everywhere -Anon
THE TIME TO MAKE FRIENDS IS BEFORE YOU NEED THEM.
