High school football is a BIG DEAL in the South. For some reason, more than in any other area of the country, we southerners love our high school football. Especially in a small town such as ours, where there is only one high school in the entire county. Literally everyone in town is cheering for the same team, our Colquitt County Packers. It makes for a very unique and cohesive atmosphere. An unparalleled feeling of excitement permeates the air in town when football season arrives.
My daughter is a high school senior this year and today is the first pep rally and home game of the season. Coming off of a year in which our team made it all the way to the State Championship, there's alot riding on this season. The town is full of high hopes and expectation. Everyone's praying that we'll make it all the way again, only this will be the year we bring home the prize.
I was amazed at the difference in my daughter's attitude towards going to school this morning. She was super stoked and hyper, as though she was going to a party and not to school. She suited up in her new black t-shirt which shows off her class's superiority by proudly proclaiming that seniors run the school. She fixed her hair in a pony tail and ribbons to reflect her playful spirit, and even decorated her face with eye black as though she were going to be out on the field herself. She was ready. And she was more than anxious to get to school and show some love and support for her beloved Packers.
I couldn't help but think as she left that it's a shame she's not that excited about going to school every day. Any other day she'd be dragging her feet as she headed out, dreading the day ahead. And then I thought that it's a shame that we as Christians don't always have that level of excitement about going to church. Don't we often feel like getting up and going to church is just like any other school day? That it's something we have to do or something that we're supposed to do? Don't we often drag our feet as we head out the door?
We as Christians need to be fired up about going to church to worship and praise God, just like my daughter is fired up about going to the pep rally and football game. Maybe we should hold our own personal pep rally for God. We should be amazed by the great things He's done in past seasons and we should be hopeful and prayerful about the things we anticipate Him doing in the next season. Just as we get ready to cheer on our local football team, we need to cheer God on and celebrate Him all the more. But we need to do it year-round...not just during football season.
Psalm 96:3,4 "Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. 4 For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;..."
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