Devotion
Bringing The Good News of Christ to Others Brings Me Joy
Frances Taylor

Has someone ever said to you, "You just made my day!" and you wondered what you did or said? Just think for a moment how you feel when that happens. You just brought the Good News of Christ to that person! You made that person feel better about themselves or more loved or more accepted. This is what following Jesus and being a disciple is all about. We don't always know what it means to someone to say that we will pray for them, or to tell them they're special or loved. When we act as Jesus would act, we are bringing God's love into whatever situation we are in. The world can get us down sometimes. We can wonder if it's all worth it to do the right thing when we see others profiting from the unhappiness of others. We need to hear the good news of salvation. But someone needs to bring us that good news! Bringing someone else joy, gives us joy as well. In our Gospel passage today, the seventy-two disciples returned to Jesus full of joy and couldn't wait to tell him about their experience of spreading the Good News of the Kingdom. The message of Jesus was and is "God loves you." When we can look in the mirror, into the eyes of a friend, into the face of a stranger and be able to say, "God loves you," we are bringing the Good News of Christ to all we meet and we will experience joy. So, this week, go make someone's day!

Prayer

Lord, don't let the fear of rejection keep me from spreading the Good News of the Kingdom to all those I meet today. Amen.