Where Two or Three Are Gathered

"For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them." (Matthew 18:20, ESV)

I have read this verse countless times. And yet, recently I was struck with something I had never thought about before. Two or three people is not a very large group. In fact, most people would hardly consider it a group at all. As an introvert who frequently is overwhelmed by being around large groups of people for an extended period, the smallness of number of people that Christ is referencing brought great comfort.

He doesn't say, "where two or three thousand are gathered." He simply says, "where two or three." That means that if I'm meeting with a friend for coffee and we are focusing on encouraging each other in Christ, then He is there. That means the smallest of house churches knows that He is there. That means the small band of persecuted Christians who can't meet in a large assembly knows that He is there. That means that the missionary who is just starting to meet with a handful of new believers knows that He is there. Two or three.

It doesn't take a whole crowd for us to know Christ's presence. It doesn't take a major church event for us to know Christ's presence. Just two or three. We can have fellowship in small groups with other Christians and know that Christ is with us.


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