As it is written,
"How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"
Romans 10:15
The Good News... so often I fail to share it... maybe... because I don't always feel it...
My life... not a consistent picture of good news...
Recently... I read...
The great commission was given to us through the disciples. Like Genesis 1:28, where God gives basic and crucial commands to all people through Adam and Eve, so Jesus here gives his marching orders to Christians. This is what they are to devote their lives to. Genesis 1:28 is often called the cultural mandate. With that in mind, we can call Matthew 28:18-20 the gospel mandate. It is the mandate to subdue the earth with the gospel. We are the voice of the Lord on the earth. After all, "How can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard?" (Rom. 10:14).The brokenness of a rebellious world... and a self-centered heart... steal the good news... silence my voice for God...
---Dan B. Allender & Tremper Longman III, Intimate Allies (emphasis mine)
When I fail to speak... to live... good news... I allow the world to subdue me... rather than me subdue the earth with the gospel...
Failing... to speak... to live... good news... leaves me with ugly feet...
Father God... forgive me... for not speaking... sharing... living... the Good News... forgive my ugly feet...
What shape are your feet in?
Do you need a spiritual pedicure?
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