I watched the first of the 33 trapped Chilean miners get rescued last night; now half of them have been brought to safety so far this morning. Their ordeal has become a uniting event that the whole world is sharing. Why is watching something like this so exciting to all of us?
Is it the triumph of overcoming great difficulty that's so satisfying? Or is it the togetherness we sense that brings gratification? Maybe it's a little bit of both. We pay high prices to go to concerts and hockey games; and we put up with traffic jams to attend fireworks, festivals and parades; all because we find being part of a united mass of people makes us feel good.
In the book of Hebrews, the writer tells us that all the past heros of faith endured their suffering and yet none of them received what they were promised before they died. "God had planned something better for us so that only together with us will they be made perfect." Hebrews 11:40
There is no such thing as individual perfection in God's eyes. We are not and will not be perfect alone. We will only be fully whole when we have been united together with a crowd of others.
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