“He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.'” Mark 16:15

“Have ya heard the news today?” That statement is used regularly these days. In fact, I heard it from 3 different people over the last 2 days myself! In each case, I had to say, “no I haven’t,” since I chose to quit listening to news broadcasts a few years ago. But that doesn’t diminish the effect of the line when I hear it. My immediate reaction is to cringe and think, “what now?”

The old line, ‘no news is good news’ has a lot of truth to it. When the word ‘news’ is said, the anticipation is usually negative. The fact is, the worse the news, the more attention it gets… and more money for the deliverer. The term ‘Breaking News’ came into being when something SO shocking happened it demanded interruption of everything normal. Until ‘shock’ became normal.

The word for this process is propaganda! Instead of reporting news, some crafty folks paid attention to the results and figured out how they could MAKE news that would actually influence and change the thoughts of hearers… effectively making good evil and evil good in the minds of the hearers. Marching to the beat, whole ideologies were born, from communism to WOKE!

Being a genuine Believer and follower of the Creator of the Universe, my thoughts on ‘News’ changed when I heard what HE had to say. His Words don’t echo as loudly these days as they once did. But that doesn’t make them any less ‘Breaking!’ In a world where sin and evil reign, The Lord of the Universe STILL expects that ‘The Gospel’ be proclaimed! And that friends, is GOOD NEWS!

As Believers and followers of what was once called ‘The Way,’ it is our honor to DO what today’s verse proclaims. That is to ‘go’ out into our world and tell folks about the GOOD NEWS of Jesus Christ! How His grace and mercy can BREAK sin’s hold and deliver us from it’s clutches. The story finds Jesus instructing the 11 disciples, but there is no way 11 can impact the world without US.

Have YOU heard the Good News lately? Is it affecting you to the point of wanting to share it with a broken world? There are people near you who need to hear some.