And like Paul Harvey used to say, "You know the news...in a minute you're going to hear the rest of the story!" The news is really good, but here's the question everyone one of us must answer, "What are you going to do with the good news." Rick Warren, in his book, The Purpose Drive Church, says this, "The starting point for every church should be the question, 'Why do we exist?'"Answering that question helps us answer the other question.
The August 2, 1985, edition of the New York Times, carried an article that described a celebration that took place in the city of New Orleans. The party took place at one of their municipal pools. The party was to celebrate that, for the first summer in memory, there had not been any drownings that year in their municipal pools. In honor of the occasion, about 100 lifeguards and their guests celebrated the great accomplishment. As the party began to break up, the four lifeguards on duty began to clear the pool. They noticed a fully dressed body in the deep end. Thirty-one year-old, Jerome Moody, drowned that day...surrounded by lifeguards.
What a tragedy. But how many people, who desperately need to experience the love of God in their lives, are surrounded by believers. What are we going to do with the good news? Share it!
The book of Acts is referred to as the "Acts of the Apostles" or the "Acts of the Holy Spirt". But a careful reading of the book of Acts will verify that it is actually the "Acts of Witnessing". Throughout the 28 chapters, over and over again, the early followers of Jesus consistently shared the love of Jesus as they went throughout their daily lives "in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the uttermost parts of the earth "(Acts 1:8). May we model their lives as we go through our lives as well.
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