Ecclesiastes 4:10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

There is no greater fear in this world than being alone. It is the same in the secular world as it is in the spiritual world. I would be lying to you if I were to say that Christians do not feel alone at times. We are human, that does not stop just because we are in Christ.

The secular world will try and service the homeless, destitute, disenfranchised but the numbers are too many for any organization or government to handle. Only God is everywhere. Only God can touch everyone. Only God can end loneliness. People have to turn to God and seek Him before that will happen.

We in Christ have fellowship, a bond which is created in Christ. This is not a replacement for God in our lives, it is the vines of the branch growing outward and providing cover, support and entanglement. It is not a choking entanglement, it is a strengthening intertwining of our lives with one another. This is why verse twelve follows today’s opening verse.

4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Threefold, intertwined, strengthening, supportive, an active part of one another’s lives.

The secular world will serve to glorify self. When they are through for the day, they go home to an empty shell of a body that is more alone than the people they just left. Good works cannot erase the emptiness inside. Only God can do that.