Squad goals a must for spiritual game

Who is in your squad? That group of people that are ‘ride or die’ with you. It usually gets generalized around a group of females, but trust me, the guys have squads too. I know you’re thinking about your squad right now. How much you rely on them. How much they rely on you. You tell yourself you would be lost without them.

I don’t know if you’d be lost, but what’s the fun of life if you have no one to share it with. Of course, you have your family. The people that have cared about you your entire life.

And when it comes to kids, the people you have cared for your entire life. Aside from your spouse, you don’t pick your family. You are blessed with who you are blessed with, whether you see that as a good thing or not.

However, you do get to pick your friends. You get to decide who you pour that love and respect into. I will tell you, I’ve got some pretty good friends. We don’t always get to spend time together, but when we do, watch out world. I recently spent a weekend in California with my squad. It was only for a long weekend, but it filled my cup. It was a weekend of no judgement, no drama, and no expectations. Just a group of people working to get through the troubles of life together. I will love these people for the rest of my life. I hope they feel that just as much as I do.

You probably know this, but Jesus had a squad too. He had the disciples. He had others too, which I will talk about in a bit. But let’s talk about his twelve. These people came from all walks of life. They weren’t all from the same company, the same city, or the same family. They were chosen by Jesus. What a ragtag group they were. He had fisherman and tax collectors. He had people that didn’t believe in him all the time. I know you are thinking Thomas, but personally I think he gets an undeserving bad rap from the writers of the Bible (Ask me about that when you see me). I’m talking about Nathanael, also called Bartholomew. He originally was skeptical of Jesus, asking Him if ‘Anything good can come out of Nazareth?’ But Jesus chose him anyway because of his honesty and his character. Don’t forget about Judas either. Even in betrayal, he was still loved by Jesus.

Jesus had more than the disciples as well. He had Mary Magdalene. A woman who had little status in society but had the utmost status with Jesus. She was important enough in Jesus’ life that she is the one that got to carry the news of the Resurrection.

Jesus also had Mary, Martha and Lazarus. Jesus loved Lazarus enough to raise him from the dead. He wept with Mary and Martha. Again, people that probably weren’t winning popularity contests, but Jesus loved them anyway.

Jesus didn’t just pick the poor and desolate. I would consider Nicodemus a friend too. He was a Pharisee that secretly met with Jesus so he wouldn’t get caught by the other Jewish leadership. Eventually, Nicodemus would defend Jesus when talking to the other Pharisees, telling them to hear and learn before you pass judgement. In the end, Nicodemus was also there to help place Jesus in the tomb.

In casual terms, Jesus had a lot of homies to rely on. A lot of people he could roll up on in their driveways and say, ‘Get in, we are going to save the world.’ Okay, maybe I took that too casually far, but what a picture that is. Jesus rolls up in my driveway, I’m getting in no questions asked.
So, are squads Biblical? Probably not. It’s probably just fresh lingo that may fade over time. At the end of the day though, if it was good enough for Jesus to do, it’s probably good enough for us too.

Find your squad. Tell them you love them and appreciate them. Be their rock to stand on in troubled times.

Be a homie.