We know that “ Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him” (Gen 5:24) meaning that Enoch was in such complete agreement with God that God saw that he was ready to be with the Lord and then, “he was not” on the earth anymore. That’s the teaching of Scripture too where Amos the Prophet writes “ Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet” (Amos 3:3)? Many of the biblical heroes walked with God which meant that they were in total agreement with Him. Those issues might be childrearing preferences, lifestyle, priorities, and putting God first or not (Matt 6:33). If you are married to an unbeliever, you may have the most difficult of all marriages to be in because two cannot walk together easily if they’re not in agreement with one another over a lot of different issues. The woman’s need to be loved and the man’s desire to be respected may be why Paul summarized this part of Ephesians that covered marriage (Eph 5:22-33) by his conclusion, “ let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband” (Eph 5:33). Together, they are able to do more as a couple. A woman’s strength can be a compliment to the man’s weaknesses and a man’s strength can complement a woman’s weaknesses.
We were created to complete one another or to fulfill areas where we lack strengths. A man that is respected will feel loved and a woman who is loved will feel respected. As for men, it’s good to hear they’re loved and that they’re shown it by their spouse or girlfriend but more importantly, the crave respect. In the truest sense, women need to hear that they are loved but also to be shown that they are loved. Some men are silent about expressing their love audibly while others are silent in expressing it by action. What do men and women desire most? Women would tell you that it’s to be loved and not just told they’re loved but shown that they are. The Book of Ecclesiastes would make a great Bible study for couples but for married couples, the Song of Solomon might even be better. That “ third fold” would obviously be the Lord God, Who has held together many marriages through biblical counselors and abiding in the Word of God together, as a couple. One is a strand, two is a cord, and a third makes it a threefold cord. Alone, it’s even worse, as it’s simply a strand. I would say that these verses point out that it’s not a cord another until a third cord is added otherwise it’s simply two cords. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up” (Eccl 4:9-10)! The fact is if you have two cords, you can easily separate the two, but if there’s a third cord added to them, it makes it a threefold cord and it’s a lot stronger and that makes it a lot more difficult to break (Eccl 4:12). For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. The context of this was in the preceding verse where he wrote that “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. I believe that Solomon may have displayed some of his greatest wisdom in the Book of Ecclesiastes, particularly where he wrote “ though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him-a threefold cord is not quickly broken” (Eccl 4:12). Here are four good Bible studies for married and even engaged couples to do together.
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