Human Response 432: Go and Tell the Good News

2 Kings 7:9 Then they said to one another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.

The four men with leprosy discovered the deserted camp of the Syrians, for the Lord had made the army hear the noise of horses and chariots so that the army fled away. At first the lepers kept the good news to themselves and enjoyed the spoils. Then they realized they must go and tell others. Their response to Good News was to tell.

Go and tell the Good News. This is our natural response as saved believers to the Gospel we have heard, received, and enjoyed. Our enemies have been routed by the act of God’s power and love at the cross of Christ. We enjoy the spoils of Jesus’ victory of forgiveness, life, and salvation. And we do not keep it to ourselves and “wait until morning.” We have to tell somebody what great things God has done for us. We do not forget our fellow citizens who are starving in the city. It is as Luther says: “The Christian life is one beggar telling another beggar where to find bread.”