Recently I preached a message on the three fold cord of our text. The illustration I used was the braiding of a young girls hair. Before the congregation I had her mother come and demonstrate just how the hair is braided.
First, I asked her to separate her daughter's hair into two sections and then try to braid the hair. The best she could do is twist the sections together, but when she let go the hair fell to its nature state. The tinsel strength of a cord with only two sections was not very strong.
Then, I asked her to separate her daughter's hair into three sections. She began to layer one section over the other until she had the entire length of hair braided. It was much easier for the hair to stay together as a single braid and the tinsel strength of the braid was much stronger.
But upon close examination, something was noticed. Looking directly at the braid one could only see two sections. Where was the third? It was intertwined with the outer two. Not only did it make the braid work, fortify the braid with much greater strength, but made of itself no reputation.
Such is our Lord Jesus Christ. He makes life work. He fortifies us with inner-strength. But He choses to work through us. And that is a cord that is not quickly broken.
Consider it.
