Proverb 25:25-Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
You must be familiar with ‘breaking news’, especially with the popular news network. You also know that the gospel about the coming of God’s kingdom is called the good news. The media pride on ‘breaking news’ that highlight shootings on college campuses and other public places, terrorist attacks, disasters, rapes, domestic violence, suicides, and all forms of societal ills. The first breaking news in history is the deceit and fall of humanity (1 Tim 2:14, Gen 3:4-5)-when the serpent spoke the greatest lie ever to humanity and man chose to believe lie rather than obeying God. Unlike today’s breaking news that leaves us depressed and hopeless, right there in Eden when the sad news of man’s fall was announced, God stepped in with a verdict-the seed of the woman shall crush the head of the serpent(Gen 3:15).
I am not sure of the breaking news coming your way now or in the future. It may be a bad grade, a failed exam, a sad medical report or even death of a loved one. The gospel of Jesus Christ is not silent in any of these areas. Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land (Prov 25:25). Everything that was written in the scriptures long ago was written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope(Rom 15:4).
PRAYER:
Heavenly Father, I thank you for the promises of hope in your word. I can draw comfort from your word. Breaking news will not break me because with you by my side there is always a way of escape. In Jesus name I pray. Amen