Does Romans 12:15 Tell Me To Say, "How 'Bout Them...CHIEEEEEEEEFS"?

Rom 12:15  Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. 

In a previous post, I mentioned how many non-believers worship the Kansas City Chiefs.  I was all prepared to not get too excited about the fact that they won their second Super Bowl in a row.  

Then one day at work, the above verse came to me.  And I wonder, is it biblical to celebrate a Super Bowl victory with others, believers or not?

What other things do people rejoice about in the Bible?

Well, Luke 15 gives three examples.  There was a party for a lost sheep (Luke 15:6).  There was a party for a lost coin (Luke 15:9).  There was a party for a lost son (Luke 15:23).

Also in Luke, there was rejoicing for the birth of John The Baptist (Luke 1:58).

Much earlier, God made Sarah have a happy laugh, inviting collective laughter, at the seemingly impossible birth of Isaac (Genesis 21:6).

So, what about a group of strangers who play for a local American football team winning a championship against another group of strangers who play for a different American football team?

As long as you don't see Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Isaac Pacheco, Andy Reid, Donna Kelce,  Taylor Swift, etc. as deities, why not?

Besides, even in the Super Bowl, I see the hand of God at work (not that His hand isn't at work all the time says Romans 11:36), in particular, for the fact that this group of strangers who play American football for a team closest to where we live, have won a second championship in a row, reminding me of the following verse:

Ecc_9:11  I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

"time and chance happenth to them all".  Just to refresh your memory, this is the first time in 20 years that any American football team has won two in a row, the previous team being the New England Patriots.

If the Kansas City Chiefs win the Super Bowl next year, this will ring even more true, as the team will be the very first in the history of the National Football League to win three championships in a row, called a "three-peat".  You cannot deny that such a rarity would be a blatantly obvious act of God.

It would also be an undeniable, and blatantly obvious act of God, if, for example, the Kansas City Chiefs miss the playoffs next year, and the Cleveland Browns defeat the Detroit Lions in Super Bowl LIX.

"Shudder the thought!"
"Hey!  Didn't I say we weren't to worship the Chiefs?"

Whoever God wants to win next year's Super Bowl will win, period, whether it be the Kansas City Chiefs, Cleveland Browns, Detriot Lions, or even no one (remember what happened to the MLB in 1994?).