Get Noisy
December 19, 2015
Luke 2:17 “After seeing him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child.”
Did you notice that the first thing the shepherds did with the good news of Christmas was to share it? Good news is for telling. Outside of Atlanta is a growing church. It is always full of activity and noise, lots of cars and music and people. A group of neighborhood folks who lived near the church put together a petition which would require the church to keep quieter. They went door to door to get signatures. They knocked on the door of a Jewish man and asked him to sign their petition. “What’s the problem?” he asked. They said the Christians were too noisy. He said, “I won’t sign it.” They said, “Why? You are Jewish, and you don’t even believe in Jesus.” He said, “I know, but if I believed what those Christians believe, that the Messiah has come, I would be a lot noisier than they are.” The birth of Jesus is for sharing. Be noisy. You don’t have to preach, just look for opportunities that are there every day to share an unpretentious, unrehearsed, simple humble word about the Lord. I promise God’s Holy Spirit will use it. Someone wrote, “Let’s give a little Jesus, a thoughtful word or deed, an act of generosity for someone who is in need. Let’s give a little Jesus to everyone we meet- the sales clerk, the server, or the person on the street. Let’s give a little Jesus. That is what really counts. Not what is bought or whom or what amount. Let’s give a little Jesus to everyone large and small, for Jesus the Messiah is the greatest gift of all.” Share a little Jesus with someone this year.
Did you notice that the first thing the shepherds did with the good news of Christmas was to share it? Good news is for telling. Outside of Atlanta is a growing church. It is always full of activity and noise, lots of cars and music and people. A group of neighborhood folks who lived near the church put together a petition which would require the church to keep quieter. They went door to door to get signatures. They knocked on the door of a Jewish man and asked him to sign their petition. “What’s the problem?” he asked. They said the Christians were too noisy. He said, “I won’t sign it.” They said, “Why? You are Jewish, and you don’t even believe in Jesus.” He said, “I know, but if I believed what those Christians believe, that the Messiah has come, I would be a lot noisier than they are.” The birth of Jesus is for sharing. Be noisy. You don’t have to preach, just look for opportunities that are there every day to share an unpretentious, unrehearsed, simple humble word about the Lord. I promise God’s Holy Spirit will use it. Someone wrote, “Let’s give a little Jesus, a thoughtful word or deed, an act of generosity for someone who is in need. Let’s give a little Jesus to everyone we meet- the sales clerk, the server, or the person on the street. Let’s give a little Jesus. That is what really counts. Not what is bought or whom or what amount. Let’s give a little Jesus to everyone large and small, for Jesus the Messiah is the greatest gift of all.” Share a little Jesus with someone this year.