Out of football comes this remarkably pointed illustration by Steve Owens, [former] coach of the New York Giants professional football team: "It's not what you do in the huddle that counts. It's what you do when you come out of it."
Like all such illustrations it is slightly exaggerated, for Owens knows that in the huddle is the place for decision as to what the team should do. But no games are won there. Too long there means a penalty. Games are won when the team comes out of the huddle and goes into action.
So with the Christian life. We need the "prayer huddle," for without it we would miss a sense of direction, of purpose, of decision. But Jesus said that the way we reveal our love for God found in quiet is through love for [humanity] in daily life. For Him the test of our faith is what we do about it in daily living.
-- Harold Freer & Francis Hall in Two or Three Together
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