4/22/13- Working Together

Two are better than one,
    because they have a good return for their labor:
¹⁰ If either of them falls down,
    one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
    and has no one to help them up.
¹¹ Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
    But how can one keep warm alone?
¹² Though one may be overpowered,
    two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)

Thoughts: When people work together, they have a better return for their work than if they work apart.  It is the magic of synchronicity.  It is the way God has designed things- we are meant to cooperate to get more done.  So one person nailing a board up all by themselves might have to hold the board, hold the nail, and hold the hammer- and it can end up with a black thumb.  But when two work- one holding and the other nailing, it goes faster and more efficiently.
     It is that way with the Lord's work too.  It is hard for one person to do mission work by themselves.  A missionary needs support back home, and those who will send them supplies and pray for them.  A roofer would do better with someone to bring them shingles up while they stay up hammering.  Together we can accomplish great things that could not be done individually.  We encourage each other along the way- and that helps our work to go further. 

(Preparing Thanksgiving meals for the hungry: one group fixes the turkey; another the dressing; another the vegetables; another rice; another fruit and desert; hundreds go through an assembly line preparing several hundred meals in a hurry.  Working together helps get a lot done. )