Be A Blessing!
"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him
who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings
glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation, who
says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
Isaiah 52: 7
When King David’s armies were victorious, a messenger was
sent to bring the news of victory to the king (2 Samuel 18:26).
This was common practice in ancient Near East, a messenger
bringing good news.
The prophet Isaiah foresaw just a messenger coming to announce
the return of God’s people from exile in Babylon (Isaiah 52:7). And
Apostle Paul picked up the image when he described
the spiritual
armor of the believer: feet ready to bring and proclaim the Good
News of the Gospel of Christ.
Which do we consider more “beautiful”—the messenger who
brings good news or the one who brings bad news? When bad
news is true, we would much rather see arriving a messenger
who we believe is bearing good news and glad
tidings.
So it is with one who brings the “gospel of peace”
(Ephesians 6:15). What a blessing he or she is!
What a blessing such news is!
Every Christian can be a bearer of Good
News in this world that so
desperately
needs it.
"The longing of my heart is to make known
my glorious Redeemer to those who have
never heard."
William Burns