The Weblog of Dennis Dawson
We Need Each Other - 2008-11-19
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back to back conquer, three are even better, for a triple braided cord is not easily broken. (Eccl. 4:9,10,12)
Have you ever been repelling?
I can remember a story of a man being at the top of a mountain looking down. As he turned around and began to walk backwards down the side of that mountain he remembers thinking to himself “Please, Lord, let this rope hold me up.” He gripped that rope so tight that when he got to the bottom he had worked a blister on his hand. The rope did not let him down. It held him up.
Do some Googling on climbing rope and you’ll find words like durability, heavy construction, and super strands. The rope that held the mountain climber that day was woven together with many, many strings of fabric wrapped around and around one another. With each strand there comes strength. It bonded together to make something that could be used to hold something up. That day it was him.
Isn’t that what Christ wants to do with us? Bond us together for His purposes. In a way, that is the mission of MEBA. We should not try to climb or go down a mountain alone. With others there to help we have a greater chance of doing what’s right.
We are God’s rope and together we are strong.
I see a day when every person and every people group in every community of the Metro East will have opportunity to hear the Gospel, respond with faith in Christ, and participate in a New Testament fellowship of believers.”
• Together, with God’s leadership, we can make this vision a reality.