Sunday 26th January 2025 – Mission 2

If a hedgehog learned about the Green Cross Code and found it to be the safest way to cross the road, then surely it would want to share that learning with family, friends, neighbours, to ensure their safety when they crossed the road.

We have good news; not just any old good news, the Good News! It’s far better than the Green Cross Code. It is the Good News that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life; it is the Good News that everyone is invited by God to join in the Divine Dance.

It’s Good News that is exciting. And that’s why people have shared it. On finding the tomb empty, the women

‘… hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.’ Matt 28:8 (ANIV)

After Jesus was recognised in the breaking of bread at Emmaus, the two disciples explained,

“Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” Luke 24:32 (ANIV)

They were excited! For a sense of that excitement just read 1 Peter 1: 3-9.

People have also shared the Good News out of thanksgiving. When Jesus healed two blind men, and after specifically telling them not to say anything, they

… went out and spread the news about Him all over that region. Matt 9:31 (ANIV)

Again, after healing a deaf and mute man:

Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more He did so, the more they kept talking about it. Mark 7:36 (ANIV)

Their thankfulness led them to tell others about Jesus.

Excitement and thankfulness encourage us to go out and share God’s invitation. The excitement of knowing that we are loved unconditionally; being thankful for all that God has done for us and in us.

Count your blessings, name them one by one; Count your blessing, see what God has done. Count your blessing, name then one by one and it will surprise you what the Lord has done!

Rev Phil