A Cord of Three Strands
“A
cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”
Eccl. 4:12
The rope was old and appeared to have
gotten much use over the years. As the
people below secured the rope around the container and tied it as tightly as
possible, we gave a pull. The rope held
as the bin lifted off the ground. Slowly,
we pulled and slowly, the container was brought closer to us. The whole process must have taken 45 minutes
to complete, but finally we got this big box back up onto the bridge. We began to untie the knotted rope.
A rope with only one cord would have
quickly failed. Two cords probably would
not have been enough to do the job.
Only this rope – the one with three cords, had the strength to do the
job. The author of Ecclesiastes confirms
it with this Scripture, and for those who follow Jesus, He is our third
strand. He is the One who sees to it
that things are not quickly or easily broken.
With Jesus as our secure cord, the job gets done.
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