Working together for success

DAILY BIBLE READING:

Ecclesiastes 4:1–6:12 

2 Corinthians 6:14–7:7 

Psalm 47:1-9 

Proverbs 22:16

TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE(S):

Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NLT) "Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed."

REFLECTIONS ON TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE(S):

Too many of us are far too individualistic. Maybe it's because of insecurity. Maybe it's because of pride. Maybe it's because we don't want to be a bother.

But the end result is often that we try to do things ourselves. And the fact of the matter is that when we fail to invite others into the journey with us, we greatly diminish the degree of success that we could have had.

As I write this, we are in the middle of moving from a house that we have rented for four years into a house that we recently purchased. Left to ourselves, this move would be overwhelming and take a month of Sundays. But some folks from our church have been showing up to help make the task much less stressful. It is also taking much less time.

But this principle applies on a grander scale, too. As I write this, Houston, Texas has recently experienced flooding of biblical portions. As a Southern Baptist, I am part of a denomination that long ago realized that many churches working together can accomplish so much more than a church working on its own. My heart has been overwhelmed with gratitude as I have seen truckloads of resources and buses of disaster relief workers heading to Texas to help. Those people are Southern Baptists and those resources are made possible as individual Southern Baptists partner together and give to the Cooperative Program.

Is there some task that you're wanting to accomplish? Or some task that you even believe that God is calling you to do? Then consider inviting someone to join you.

Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NLT) "Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed."