We love sports venues. We join the crowd, a gathering of people with similar interests; and we have a common goal, to cheer on our team and support them in their efforts to achieve victory. Success brings us from our seat, and we yell in exultation.
We’re excited, and being in a crush of fans multiplies the feeling. We have to scream it out at the top of our lungs so the world will know.
It’s all about the final score, certainly, but each victory along the way brings us one step closer to our goal, and we cannot help but be pumped. Our friends know, our coworkers know, and there’s no one we hesitate to pull into our conversation when we’re building up our favorite team.
How do we build up God? Do we cheer every small victory along the way? When we gather together with our fellow believers, is our excitement in God multiplied until we can no longer hold it in?
Job 33:4 gives us the word of a man who needed something to cheer about:
“The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.”
The crowd stands and cheers, with hands in the air and shouts of exultation! Rah, rah, rah!
Genesis 2:7 reveals the source of all we are, the beginnings of our relationship with God:
“Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.”
We’re a natural to be sons of the Living God. When we support our Father’s team, we become one with him because we are one in him. That deserves a cheer of exultation!
2 Timothy 3:16 lays out our training regimen:
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.”
We want to feel the rush of being on the field with the players. God invites us to join in the game. All we need to do is put on our training gear. Rah, rah, rah!
Job 27:3-4 is our victory chant:
“As long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.”
The strength of the Father is beyond compare. He is our coach and mentor. He sets our training schedule. With him making the calls, we will triumph over every evil thing.
In the natural world, fans vie for the chance to identify with their teams. From wearing sports regalia to buying autographed mementos, just to be near the action is to become part of the action.
That’s exactly what we get as Christians. In Christ, we become the team. So, in support of our favorite and best team, let’s cheer for ourselves. Rah, rah, rah! In Christ, we’re the best there is!
When we cheer on Christ, we’re cheering on ourselves. After all, we become one with him when we give our lives to him.
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