Title Pursue the Blessing of the Threefold String
Ecclesiastes (12) Pursue the blessing of the threefold cord (Ecclesiastes 4:7-12)
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I have 3 friendships. First, it is a friendship based on hard work (verse 9). Exercising, learning, and playing together makes friends. However, in this relationship, the time the relationship ends as well. Second, friendship based on help (v. 10). It is a relationship that supports each other and supports each other when you fall. This relationship is also not very deep. Because human help has its limits. Third, friendship based on commitment (verse 11). Dedicated people who work together to warm others get true friends.
Get many friends through your dedication. In the church, not as members of the church, but as friends, and see each other as precious gifts from God. Fortress “Gift! amnesty!" We talk a lot, but the most precious gift is right next to us. A church member is a gift. Take time to dedicate yourself to your friend by saying hello when you meet, calling when you know your name, reaching out and touching each other in a meaningful way, praying for and caring for each other. It is a path for him, but it is also a path for himself in the end.
One person will be defeated, but two will be able to overcome it, so the threefold cord will not be broken (verse 12). In other words, if there is an additional strong ‘one line’ between two people, the relationship becomes a strong relationship that is not easily broken. What does that 'one line' between two people mean? For some people, money is that one line, but money doesn't make relationships strong. For some people, children are one line, but sometimes children make the relationship difficult. Such a love triangle between people is always prone to conflict.
Another great link between the two is the one that God connects us through our relationship with God. When the two become one by faith and God grants the grace of the threefold cord between them, the relationship between the two becomes the strongest. In other words, when we encourage each other, the three-fold cord means ‘my cord, your cord, and God’s grace’. A community connected by such a threefold cord becomes a powerful community.
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There is an important principle of community selection. It is having a heart to give. Let go of this thought when choosing a community. “What can I get from this community? What benefits and pleasures can I receive?” Conversely, think this way. “What can I give you from this community? Am I really needed by this community? What can I do for this community?” As such, when choosing a community to belong to, be mindful of the realization of your values.
The church must become a threefold rope church united as one by the bond of love. For that, above all else try to share. The reason the early church was so blessed is because it was a sharing church. Why did God give me something? It was given to us to share it with our neighbors and live. A believer should see what he has. Bon Hoefer said: “A Christian is one who lives for others.” Those who can share are the most mature and blessed.
There is a mysterious principle of sharing. If you don't share it, you try to protect it and it will be taken away, but if you take what you have and share it with someone, he will eventually protect what you have. The same is true in our relationship with God. He doesn't necessarily bless us because we give it to God, but when we give, God sees our devotion, our heart, and our humanity, and gives him more blessing.
Do not become a lonely life in a hurry to have, but strive to share and create a beautiful and valuable life. Now pray like this. “God did not make man alone! Let us follow God's will, so that we do not live in the shell of selfishness and cry in loneliness, and that we become full of joy of meeting and fellowship! Help us to put down our busy and restless hearts, and let us put down our arrogant desire to treat our neighbors, and let us become the life God expects of us and open our hands to our neighbors!”