Daily Reading for Sunday, Feb. 24: Sharing

“13...for, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ 14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!’” Romans 10:13-15 NIV

When I read these verses in Romans, I have such mixed emotions. On the one hand, I am so grateful that someone shared Christ with me. That I have called upon the name of the Lord and have been saved, not only from the eternal death that hell promises, but from simply existing on this planet, grasping at the few handfuls of pleasure that come through this life. On the other hand, I am reminded of the many who have not believed because they have not heard. It is heartbreaking to think of all those who have not been “preached to” (whether by words or by actions), and who haven’t heard the Word of the Lord. They may have been evangelized; they may even have been regular church goers—yet, their hearts haven’t been opened to the Lord. You can hear the pleading in these verses to go to those who haven’t heard, to give them the opportunity to hear.
We can be sharers of His word, witnesses empowered by the Holy Spirit, and runners with beautiful feet, just as God said we would be. If we share what we know, what we experience, and what we have, we will be.