ODB: day of good news
May 26, 2010
When we are thankful for what we have, we want to share it with others.
READ: 2 Kings 7:3-11
We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we remain silent. —2 Kings 7:9
My Australian friend Graham wasn’t born blind. He was blinded by a freak accident at age 9. Yet he never felt sorry for himself. Wherever he went, he shared what Jesus Christ meant to him. His last trip was to Thailand as a practicing physiotherapist. Besides using his professional skills there, he wanted to share the gospel of Christ.
The four lepers in 2 Kings 7 had some good news to share as well. They had stumbled into the Syrian camp and found it deserted. After helping themselves to the food and loot, they remembered the starving people of Samaria, shut in as a result of a Syrian siege. Their response was: “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we remain silent” (v.9). So they went and told their fellow Israelites about the provisions.
Despite their physical and social disadvantages, both Graham and the lepers thought about others. They were thankful for what they had found and considered it too good to keep to themselves.
Do you know someone who needs to know what Jesus has done? Don’t make excuses for what you lack in abilities. Instead, share the good news of what the Lord has done for you, and your life will take on new purpose. —C. P. Hia
Source: Our Daily Bread
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It’s so easy to be selfish. It’s easy to go throughout the day taking care of personal needs first before others. I’ve noticed it’s also easy to share all sorts of information over the web and other communicative tools so easily. But when it comes to ministering– simply even speaking to another about what they believe and why–it’s also easy for ego and other human emotions to get in the way.
I agree with you Emily…….it’s really easy to get caught up in yourself and stuff that concerns one’s self,so much so that we stray from Gods Mandates to us. We tend to forget whats really important,and you know the funniest thing is we sometimes don’t realize until someone brings it to our attention !!!!!#selfish actions,selfish thoughts..Tsk,Tsk