Have you ever noticed:
Bad news moves at the speed of light
Good news barely moves at all
Why?
A job is lost, the community knows in minutes. It becomes a headline of focus.
A job is started, only to be compared with the one just lost.
We lament the bad.
We show no emotion for the good.
Why?
Is it because the world is tuned to evil because of the one who is the Prince of the Air? Satan himself? Our world is like a violin whose strings will vibrate to the frequency they are tuned. Evil moments make our world vibrate and we are compelled to know what it is that has set us off so. Thus, bad news travels fast because our world is tuned to receive it better.
Good news is like a message transmitted through static. It takes work to find the message. Or it takes a filter and amplifier to hear the message clearly. Jesus Christ is the filter, the Holy Spirit the amplifier to tune oneself to hear the messages of good in our world. When we trust Christ as Savior He first begins to tighten our "strings", our conscience, our soul, to respond to holiness rather than evil. He then highlights the difference between a signal of evil versus one of good. It is work, it is God's work, and it is good. Thus, good news, to have full effect on your soul, needs Christ and Spirit to fully absorb the message of grace. It travels slow if at all.
Today, be a messenger of good. As you help the good message travel you are a part of the redemption of this world.
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