Go Tell Everyone

I read this poem in a book we're reading for school and was really inspired to think of the call that God has placed on all of us to go and tell about the Good News of Christ in us - the mystery!  But what strikes me now is that the going doesn't necessarily involve travelling far.  We need to be going to our neighbors, to a friend we happen to run into at the store, to the guy working behind the counter, or to our own families.  We are all called to "open our mouths boldly," but the best part is that He will guide us and even give us the words to say.  He is the one who plans these opportunities.  He is the one who conditions the hearts of those who will come to Him.  So, WHEW, the pressure is off, right?  Well, sort of...We just have to be willing to be willing - as a friend of mine likes to say.

Go Tell Everyone

God's Spirit is in my heart, 

He has called me and set me apart,

This is what I have to do,

What I have to do.

He's sent me to give the good news to the poor,

Tell prisoners that they are prisoners no more,

Tell blind people that they can see,

And set the down-trodden free,

And go tell everyone the news that the kingdom of God has come,

And go tell everyone the news that God's kingdom has come. 

Just as the Father sent me,

So I'm sending you out to be

My witnesses throughout the world,

The whole of the world.

Don't carry a load in your pack,

You don't need two shirts on your back,

The workman can earn his own keep,

Can earn his own keep.

Don't worry what you have to say,

Don't worry because on that day,

God's Spirit will speak in your heart,

Will speak in your heart.

taken from Something Beautiful for God by Malcom Muggeridge