Sent, Preached, Heard, Believed

DEVOTION
ROMANS
SENT, PREACHED, HEARD, BELIEVED
Rom 10:14-15
14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"
NIV
That is pretty much it in a nutshell. I just checked my feet, and was looking to see if they were beautiful. It does make me think, am I preaching enough, am I telling the story enough. Do I let my mouth have the freedom it deserves, or do I hold my tongue, not wanting to encounter a negative response? Do I hold back from sharing my faith? Are my feet looking ugly? The words of Jesus cannot be much clearer when He said “Go into”.
There are people who need to believe, and as Paul puts it, the only way they can call upon the name of the Lord is if someone first tells them about Him. The thing is, in that time there were so many who had never heard. Today, it seems everyone is aware of Jesus and who He is, and they even call themselves Christians. The question of course still looms, are they saved. But telling the story is not as fresh as it was in Paul’s time. Telling the story seems to be a bit more complex, getting around the notions of those ‘believing unbelievers’ in the society I live in today. But nevertheless, I have to keep an eye on my feet. If people are to call upon His name, they have to first truly believe. Is it possible to make them believe? Not at all, that is the job of the Holy Spirit to convict people of the need to repent and believe, but someone still has to tell the story. Oh lord, please help me shout it from the mountain tops!