Every morning I receive our local e-mail newspaper and throughout the day I also get e-mail alerts from it along with those from a major news affiliate. I even get Amber Alerts and National Weather Service warnings on my phone. Each wants me to know about the things going on in our world right now. They inform me of trial outcomes, violence, arrests, terrorism, alarming weather occurrences, child abductions, and the like. Bad, bad, bad, bad news.
Wouldn’t it be nice if occasionally we got alerts about good news? Ah, but then the Lord reminded me, I’m not supposed to get alerts about good news from others … I’m supposed to alert everyone of the Good News! “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation,” Jesus said. [Mark 16:15]
As believers in Christ, we have the best news of all … God has proven His love for us in sending His very own Son to die in our place. He has forgiveness waiting for us. He has newness of life to give. He has liberty from sin and bondage. He has joy and peace and provision. He has grace and mercy just waiting for the taking. That’s good, good, good, good news.
The world needs to hear from us about the Good News. Too many people know Christianity only by what it is against. How about we start shout from the rooftops our Good, Good, Good, Good News.
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