Romans 10:13-15
For whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved. How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in Him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!"
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The very first thing that we should take note of in today's verses is the fact that we need to reach out to Jesus first and foremost when we are in need. How He will choose to deal with our situation is up to Him. He IS Lord!

There is an account in the Scriptures of a woman who had been suffering for twelve years with an issue of blood, hemorrhaging, and had spent all of her money with doctors to no avail. It was at that point that she approached Jesus and was healed just by touching the hem of His garment! {Lk.8:43ff} It was an issue of faith! She waited 12 years, you don't have to.

The Lord said, “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” {Mat.11:28} When we do that, as we indeed should, He will certainly give us rest—however He chooses to do it. It may be with a totally miraculous touch that removes that situation from us, or it may be from an equally miraculous touch that removes us from the concerns and burdens of that situation! A total heavenly and perfect peace that surpasses all understanding while we are in the midst of that situation. {Php.4:7}

You and I, all of us who share a testimony having been saved by the blood of the Lamb, are the sent that the apostle Paul refers to in today's verses. We are the proclaimers of the good news who having been called and equipped to bring the Word of life to a lost and dying world! He may even send you to a doctor. Perhaps that doctor needs what you have, Jesus, more than you need him or her!

You do not have to be a theologian, you do not need to be an ordained minister or evangelist and have a title on a business card, you are not required to know every verse in the Bible in order to preach, to proclaim salvation to the lost. What you need is to really know that your heavenly Father loved you so much that He sent His beloved Son, Jesus to die in your place at the cross to wipe your sin away and that He desires that none should perish. {2Pt.3:9} In other words, share your testimony!

Oh, and you may feel a little timid and need some boldness. So, thank the Lord that it is a fact that 'the righteous are as bold as a lion' as it says in Proverbs 28:1.

Your ministry may take you to the far corners of the world, or perhaps no farther than the person next to you in the grocery store, or a co-worker or a nurse in the doctor's office—the need is everywhere and time is running short. Tell somebody today that Jesus loves them. Regardless of who they are or how they receive or reject that wonderful truth it will surely bless you!

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” (1 Peter 2:9)

PROCLAIM THE EXCELLENCIES OF THE LORD