Message from Scripture: 4/13/2021

 

Our message from Scripture today is 2 Kings 7:9. “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we remain silent.”

 

Ben-Hadad, king of Syria, rallied his army and laid siege to Samaria.  Food supplies soon became scarce, and the city was on the verge of starvation. Some lepers decided to surrender to the Syrians, hoping they would show them mercy and feed them. Arriving at the Syrian camp, though, the lepers found the army had fled, due to fear, which came from the Lord.  That was only part of the good news; they had also left their supplies behind! They realized this was a blessing from God, and not for them only, but all the people of Samaria. Because they told the king of this good news, the city was spared from starvation (2 Kings 7:16).

 

Like those lepers, we too live in a world under siege, the siege of sin.  Also like those lepers, we are the recipients of good news, the gospel, and its message of salvation.  The gospel is too precious and too needed to keep locked away and hidden in our hearts!  We are the means God uses to spread His message of love and salvation to a lost and dying world (Matt. 28:18-20).  This good news must be seen alive in us each day, in word and deed. 

 

Eternal life is too precious to keep to yourself.  If one isn’t in Christ, then one is lost.  Can you live knowing there were others you could tell about Christ, others you could offer the gift of life, and chose not to?  As envoys for the gospel, perhaps we too should say, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we remain silent.”  Let us be silent no more, but use our influence to bring others to the bread of life, the living water. Have a great day today. God bless.

 

Robert