Uni-verse 227/10,000 For better through verse Nahum 1 v 15
Nah 1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
We are used to reading headlines in newspapers howling bad news. I asked a senior correspondent in a leading newspaper," Why is it that journalists focus mostly on bad news, on things that have a negative spin?" He replied that he did not know why but he only knew that bad news sells. Bad news makes the people who read it feel better that the catastrophe has overtaken someone else and not them. They feel better and happier by comparison.
Recently, the Lord said, " You are my newspaper!" Yes, believers in the gospel are the publishers of good news, the publishers of peace. When the wicked who do not want to repent hear it, they are put off but when those who are seeking for peace and hope hear it they embrace it. As publishers of peace and good news, every thing that we say and do will bring meaning, strength and encouragement to others. We proclaim in the headlines," Behold our God, He reigns on high! Jesus has saved you from eternal death. " The gospel is not just good news but great news. What we hear in our lives after receiving the gospel into our hearts is the good news part. What we publish will bring glory to God and peace and goodwill among men.
Even out of the mountains of our lives or the big problem areas, we will begin to hear good news. We need to celebrate every significant victory that the Lord gives us with praise, worship and a fellowship meal. We need to fulfill the commitments we have made as we waited for some good news. The Lord gives us the promise that the wicked will no more have either power or influence in our lives to harm us or to hinder us. Good news deals with matters of faith. Very often, the good news is first declared and then the events follow as it was declared. Time goes forward in order to go back to present. In bad news or news per se, the future, past and present are all tense as it operates on the principle of fate. Bad news does not change anything. Good news changes lives. The good news shields us from the bad news. The people who subscribe to the good news are people of faith. The people who subscribe to the bad news are people of fate. We do not just read the good news or the Word but we eat it, relish every word and absorb it like a delicious morsel in a feast. We are not under pressure to increase the circulation or sell the news for it is given freely and will spread from one life impacted by Christ to another.
Prateep V Philip
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