THE OLD, OLD STORY
Romans 10:14-15 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? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it
is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
“I love to tell the story, Of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and His glory, Of Jesus and His love….I love to tell the story, ‘Twill
be my theme in glory, To tell the old, old story, Of Jesus and His love.”
When
we think of the millions of people around the world or the thousands in our own
communities who have never heard the story of love, an urgent challenge
possesses us to take it to the ends of the earth so all might hear. To go to
the ends of the earth requires that we first pass through our own neighborhood,
city, state or country. This is where we begin to learn and train ourselves to
share the story of Jesus and God’s love.
The
preparation has begun by God’s planting the seed of life in us. As it grows we
develop a natural hunger and thirst to speak of the story and to hear it
repeated by others more mature than us. This old song will someday be made into
a new song, but the message will always be to the glory of our Savior who died
to give us eternal life. Have you shared with others the old, old story of
Jesus and his love?
