Excitement is absolutely infectious.
I have the privilege of serving God through InterVarsity here at school this semester as a women’s small group leader, and I’m excited. But, see, I catch a lot of my excitement from my co-leader. Starting this week we’re working through this book that she read over the summer which helped her grow a great deal in her Christian walk (in conjunction with the Bible, of course!), and she simply cannot wait to begin sharing it with the young women who will join us. And I, who have not read the whole book yet, am beginning to feel the same way. Her excitement has rubbed off on me, praise God! Because if I weren’t excited about it, it would be so very easy to become bogged down in the logistics or in worrying that no one will show up or that the discussion will completely bomb. And if I weren’t excited about it, there’s a good chance that the members of the small group wouldn’t be, either.
This infectious excitement usually–not always, but usually–starts at the top and trickles down. Elevation is an exciting place to be because the staff is excited to see lives changed. InterVarsity is exciting (at least, I think so 
) because our leadership team is pumped about the semester. It was exciting to help the Christian Union last semester because they were so excited about the opportunity they had to shine a light on their campus. Crossroads Summer Camp is an exciting place to spend a week because the staff jumps around and acts crazily from Day One.
In other words, one way to create excitement wherever you are is to be excited about what you’re doing. Try it; it’s contagious.
