The crowd

Acts 14 tells the story of Paul and Barnabas in Greece and their different experiences with the “crowd.”  In the first portion of the chapter, the crowd are so enthralled by the works of God that they see Paul and Barnabas performing that they begin to worship them as gods.  Suddenly, two verses later, the crowd is convinced by unbelievers to stone Paul and drag his seemingly lifeless body from the city!!  This got me thinking about the “crowd.”

The crowd is fickle and can be easily swayed.  The crowd’s actions are dictated by the most vocal and quickest moving members.  The crowd, as a result, will tend towards extremes and then ebb back to mediocrity.  Does this sound like the group to which I/You want to tie my/your future?  Certainly not.

Let’s be brave enough to be different.  Not weird, just different.  Brave enough to speak up, brave enough to live differently, and brave enough to be ok with who God made us.