God’s runners

“So the couriers went from city to city through the country…but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.” 2 Chronicles 30:1

The Passover was to be celebrated once again in Jerusalem. This most sacred feast had been sorely neglected, but God offered his mercy to the people if they would but humble themselves and return to him. In order to spread the word as quickly as possible, Hezekiah sent his couriers, or runners, to and fro, from city to city.

They told everyone the good news of the Feast and of God’s favor. A few listened, but most hardened their hearts and mocked the royal messengers. This kind of response to free grace is the history of God’s prophets, and apostles, and of the Son of the King himself, when he went about telling the good news of redemption at hand.

We are God’s runners now. The church is filling the planet with the sound of happy news from Jerusalem above. How the people treat us is not our business; we tell everyone the news that God’s free mercy is at hand, and that he is ready to receive everyone who returns to him through the slain Lamb. The Feast is ready; you must only take your seat there with Christ. Today is the day of celebration.