Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm alone? Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
-Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NKJV)
-Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NKJV)
“But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up.” (Eccl. 4:10) As I read these words today, I could not help but think of the medic alert commercials that came out several years ago with an elderly woman who had fallen in her house and though she cried out, “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up,” there was no one there to respond; no one to care for her in her time of need…she was alone.
Have you ever fallen and not been able to get up? I have a couple of times and it is a terrifying experience…especially when you are alone. A few years ago I fell in the church parking lot while walking in for Sunday morning service with my family. When I fell, I injured my knee and I was in so much pain that I could not get up. I was blessed that day, not because I fell, but because I was surrounded by my family. My husband and my brother were there to lift me up off the pavement and carry me inside and my brothers and sisters in Christ were there to care for my injury. After this fall, my knee was very weak and it has taken several years to rehabilitate. Within those years of rehabilitation, there were many occasions where it gave out on me, frequently on the stairs. There was this one instance in particular that I doubt I will ever forget; my husband was at work and my children had just left to spend the day with Grandma and Grandpa, as I was walking down the stairs in my house, my knee gave out and my other foot caught on my pant leg and I tumbled down the stairs. There I sat, in a heap on my floor crying out in agony, unable to stand or even move due to the pain screaming through my leg. It was only a few minutes before the pain subsided enough for me to be able to pull myself off of the floor, but those few minutes seemed to last forever as terrifying thoughts raced through my mind while I considered how long I might be “stuck” there on that floor in pain with no one to help me.
A fall, whether it is physical or spiritual, can leave us in a heap on the floor crying out in agony, unable to pick ourselves up. We need our brothers and sisters in Christ to pick us up when we cannot stand, to encourage us and stand beside us in battle. We are all in the trenches fighting a battle, not of flesh and blood but a spiritual battle; wrestling against principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this age and spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 6:12) “Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”(Ecclesiastes 4:12) We are so much stronger as the Body of Christ, working together, than one member standing alone. We must encourage one another, pick each other up and help one another to stand against the wiles of Satan. Ask the Lord to show you who needs encouragement, who needs you to pick them up off the pavement, who needs you to stand beside them in battle today.
Have you ever fallen and not been able to get up? I have a couple of times and it is a terrifying experience…especially when you are alone. A few years ago I fell in the church parking lot while walking in for Sunday morning service with my family. When I fell, I injured my knee and I was in so much pain that I could not get up. I was blessed that day, not because I fell, but because I was surrounded by my family. My husband and my brother were there to lift me up off the pavement and carry me inside and my brothers and sisters in Christ were there to care for my injury. After this fall, my knee was very weak and it has taken several years to rehabilitate. Within those years of rehabilitation, there were many occasions where it gave out on me, frequently on the stairs. There was this one instance in particular that I doubt I will ever forget; my husband was at work and my children had just left to spend the day with Grandma and Grandpa, as I was walking down the stairs in my house, my knee gave out and my other foot caught on my pant leg and I tumbled down the stairs. There I sat, in a heap on my floor crying out in agony, unable to stand or even move due to the pain screaming through my leg. It was only a few minutes before the pain subsided enough for me to be able to pull myself off of the floor, but those few minutes seemed to last forever as terrifying thoughts raced through my mind while I considered how long I might be “stuck” there on that floor in pain with no one to help me.
A fall, whether it is physical or spiritual, can leave us in a heap on the floor crying out in agony, unable to pick ourselves up. We need our brothers and sisters in Christ to pick us up when we cannot stand, to encourage us and stand beside us in battle. We are all in the trenches fighting a battle, not of flesh and blood but a spiritual battle; wrestling against principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this age and spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 6:12) “Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”(Ecclesiastes 4:12) We are so much stronger as the Body of Christ, working together, than one member standing alone. We must encourage one another, pick each other up and help one another to stand against the wiles of Satan. Ask the Lord to show you who needs encouragement, who needs you to pick them up off the pavement, who needs you to stand beside them in battle today.
COACH'S CALL TO ACTION
- Ask the Lord to show you who needs encouragement, who needs you to pick them up off the pavement, who needs you to stand beside them in battle today.
- Walk in faithful obedience to the leading of the Holy Spirit as He directs your paths.
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