Ecclesiastes 4: 9 - 12 NKJV
There is a saying of someone who prefers to go it alone. One who forsakes the assistance of others and decides it's best to strike out on their own. They're known as lone wolves, and they're the very enemy of teamwork. For the lone wolf needs not the help or assistance of others around him, but prefers wo work, live and survive solely by their own devices. I've often wondered just how we came across the term "Lone wolf," as wolves themselves are communal by nature. They neither live nor hunt to survive alone. On the contrary, if you've ever had the opportunity to see a wolf on the hunt, you more than likely saw the rest of the pack as well. The DNA of the wolfs social structure is to be among others. I dare suggest that our own DNA requires us to be among others as well. For we were not created to go through this life alone, but to be in the company and in relationship with others. It is no coincidence that God declared upon creating Adam that, "It is not good that man should be alone." Consider that we ourselves were created to be in relationship with our heavenly Father from the very begining. Think about it, why would God not want to be in relationship with the crown jewel of all which He had created? Knowing this, why would He not want the crown jewel of His creation to be in relationship with one another? God was not satisfied with just the creation of man (Adam). No, for He knew that upon his creation that Adam needed another to be in relationship with. Therefore, He created a "Helper comparable to him." God did not create for Adam a pet dog, cat or other animal to keep him company. No, for only another such as Adam would be comparable to himself. With another such as himself could Adam be in relationship with. The circle would be complete, man and woman in relationship with Father God AND with each other. That is...until that lone wolf came along.
21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He hmade into a woman, and He brought her to the man. 23And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” 24Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Genesis 2: 21 - 24 NKJV
I find it quite ironic that the origin of the term woman is defined as "From man." This was not done to piss off the feminist community, but to signify the relationship between our Lords creation. Adam himself proclaimed her "Bones of my bones And flesh of my flesh." Indeed, Adam must have realized how Eve had arrived at his doorstep. This was the helper comparable to him, taken from his own flesh and created for relationship with him. It is here where we see the entrance of that lone wolf thought process. Indeed, with satans suggestion to Eve that she could "Be like God, knowing good and evil," mankind fell for the lie of the enemy hook line and sinker! For what was the origin of the lie which satan himself had believed in? Indeed, satan believed that he himself could "Be like the most high." This is indeed the very same lie he used to deceive Adam and Eve. This is the lie that we ourselves are independent...the lone wolf had arrived on the scene. I am no pharisee school theologin, but I find it difficult to believe how a CREATED being could somehow think themselves independent. However, this is the lie which we ourselves have fallen into. I've even heard it claimed by many a pulpit pounder that there was indeed a seperation between ourselves and God. Really? The only seperation I see is that we believed that we ourselves were independent from God. We ourselves have become the lone wolf. We truly believe that we are better off on our own, only in need of God as one we can turn to in trouble. For His part, God has never changed {Hebrews 13:8} nor has He ever left our side despite our viscious independent streak. We're told that we were created as social beings, and I agree with this statement. I would suggest that as being created in our Lords very spirit image, that we were created not only for that relationship with Him but with each other as well. Just as a lone wolf is a danger to the rest of the pack, so also are we who forsake our relationships with others.
12“How you are fallen from heaven, O dLucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! 13For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’
Isaiah 14: 12 - 14 NKJV
~Scott~
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