Even the dedicated pessimist cannot help but feel the energy released within a rally.
What is it about a group of a few hundred people coming together and getting excited about a cause?
I’ve been to plenty of conventions, seminars, and meetings to know people can get worked up real quick, especially when a few hundred other people are worked up as well.
It’s an invigorating experience.
Can you imagine watching a football game from the stands… all alone?
What a drab that would be. It’s much more fun and memorable with a crowd.
Hebrews 10:25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Being together with people watching the same race, fighting for the same cause, praying for the same outcome is motivating and encouraging.
The crowds don’t stay together too long, usually, but in those moments, a kindred spirit is shared. It suddenly seems okay to give a shout, clap a hand, wave, or jump up and down. An inward excitement for a deep passion is exposed in an outward, expressive way.
It’s the cause that benefits from these times, the purpose for which we have gathered: the team running towards to goal, the man running for president, the singer performing his masterpiece… or the lost soul reaching to find Jesus.
We become engaged in an outward excitement, showing an obvious support for the purpose at hand.
It’s important that we come together. It’s important that we unite to see the work of God happen. We must not abandon that.
It’s not about us. It’s about supporting the team fighting the battle against sin. It’s about seeing people led to the cross. We gather and show our support to enable this work.
We have charged Christian leaders with a great task.
As they fight on the fields of this world, moving closer and closer to the goal, let’s be sure we are there in the stands, showing our support, pushing them towards the mark.
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