ODB: The Joy of Good News
February 27, 2022
READ: Isaiah 61:1–7
The Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news. Isaiah 61:1
One evening in 1964, the Great Alaska earthquake shocked and writhed for more than four minutes, registering a 9.2 magnitude. In Anchorage, whole city blocks disappeared, leaving only massive craters and rubble. Through the dark, terrifying night, news reporter Genie Chance stood at her microphone, passing along messages to desperate people sitting by their radios: a husband working in the bush heard that his wife was alive; distraught families heard that their sons on a Boy Scout camping trip were okay; a couple heard that their children had been found. The radio crackled with line after line of good news—pure joy amid the ruin.
This must have been something like what Israel felt when they heard these words from the prophet Isaiah: “The
For us today, it’s in Jesus that we hear God’s good news—this is what the word gospel means. Into our fears, pains, and failures, He delivers good news. And our distress gives way to joy.
— Winn Collier
Where do you need to experience good news? When has God’s good news replaced your fear and worry with joy?
God, I need some good news. I hear bad news all the time. I need to hear what You say about things. I need the joy You bring.
Source: Our Daily Bread