"But I've Got Good News!"

“You want to lose weight and build up muscle without having to do much of a workout? Well, I’ve got good news! I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico®!”

Thus is the type of television and radio commercials for the Geico® Insurance Company. The commercials never really provide much information about the company itself. They only capture your attention (by catching you off guard) and then emphasize the belief they can save you money. The approach of each commercial conveys the idea that regardless of what else might be going on in your life, it is only this “Good News” that matters!

“Good News” as if all else does not matter. That can be very REFRESHING. In fact, such REFRESHMENT makes quite the difference in life!

Solomon encouraged…
“LIKE COLD WATER TO A THIRSTY SOUL, so is GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY.” ( Proverbs 25:25 ESV)

Refreshing! Satisfying! We need “Good News” that, regardless of what else might be going on in our life, can truly REFRESH us. Acknowledging what mattered most worked in the life of Paul.

Note what Paul expressed to the church at Thessalonica.
“(6) But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and HAS BROUGHT US THE GOOD NEWS of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you -- (7) for this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction WE HAVE BEEN COMFORTED about you through your faith.” ( 1 Thessalonians 3:6-7 ESV)

Paul was away and though he was going through his own challenges he was concerned (note 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5) regarding how the church at Thessalonica was holding up under theirs. To receive the “Good News” from a distance through Timothy REFRESHED Paul’s spirit and brought him great comfort. The persecution against Paul and other Christians might have continued to escalate, but Timothy could say, “I have ‘Good News’. The Christians at Thessalonica are doing well in their continuing walk in Christ.” Being made aware of that truly “Good News” Paul could say, “now we live.” ( 1 Thessalonians 3:8)

Cold, REFRESHING water to a soul thirsty for “Good News.” That’s the power of any “Good News” associated with the work of God in the lives of humanity. May God open our eyes so that we too can be REFRESHED as we see the good being accomplished according to His Will today.

Have a great day UPLIFTED BY THE NEWS THAT MATTERS!
Carl

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