An event has taken place. There’s a buzz going on. We need to find out what’s happened.
So we go to our reporter on the scene.
The reporter has to have a good grasp of what’s taken place and the ability to convey it in the way necessary. What makes it particularly compelling is as the reporter gives the account with conviction. There is news to share and the reporter as a key role in ensuring the broadcast goes off well.
You are the reporter.
You’re strategically positioned to give the best possible account of what happened. You are a beneficiary and have been given ample access to all you need to share the news.
What happens? There are technical difficulties. You don’t feel confident enough. You’re not sure if you have the right words. You don’t know if the people will listen to you. You’re concerned that you don’t want to get it wrong. You don’t know how to respond if people have questions. So due to those technical difficulties, the report cannot be broadcast at this time.
That’s a shame.
Maybe someone needed that reporter on the scene to convey that good news that could turn around the situation. Maybe someone needed that reporter on the scene to share the good news so that at least it would plant something in them that would over time be watered and yield a harvest of that which is right in God’s sight. Maybe someone need that reporter on the scene to let them know what the good news is, because they have never heard it before and so have never had the opportunity to have the choice to make in the light of that good news.
The reporter is not the good news. They are a bridge to the good news, if people want to cross it. The good news is capable on its own merits to make a difference if people want to accept it. For them to get that chance, they need to hear it. And for that …
We go to our reporter on the scene.
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For His Name’s Sake
Shalom
C. L. J. Dryden
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