Acts 2:1-4

Acts 2:1-4
English Standard Version (ESV)

 What's lost in the Pentecost wonder is that the disciples were all gathered together.  I like that -- the early church, gathered together, talking about what God is up to.
  In today's world, religion is often so individualized.  We privatize everything, often out of fear of offending someone, but usually just because it's easier.  We don't impose on anyone this way, and we can do things our own way -- we don't have to worry about anyone else's preferences when we customize our religion to fit our own lives and our own spaces.
  But we're called to do and be the church together.  And so we gather together and wait on the Holy Spirit.  We listen to one another and humbly consider what God is doing in one another's lives.  It's important that we do this, and we grow together, recognizing how God is at work in you and me and we.  It's not just about me -- it's about us, and God is growing us up together to show the world what it means to be a community gathered around the worship of God.