DAILY READINGS: Exodus 13:1-14:4; Psalms 47:1-48:14; Acts 7:1-29
And he charged them that they should tell no man; but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it. Mark 7:36
Jesus was no sensationalist and did not want news of His miracles to become the talking point of the community. Why did He instruct people to keep quiet? Because it is His message that brings eternal salvation and not the signs He did. Yet the people disobeyed and the more He charged them not to speak, the more they spread the news. Today we are instructed not to keep silent, but to proclaim the Gospel far and wide. Yet so many Christians are silent, keeping their faith under wraps. May God help us to publish the news. —Paul Young
Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take: the clouds ye so much dread,
Are big with mercy and shall break, in blessing on your head.—W. Cowper