Just Go Tell

DEVOTION

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

JUST GO TELL

John 12:17-19

17 Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. 18 Many people, because they had heard that he had given this miraculous sign, went out to meet him. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, "See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!"

NIV

Go tell it on the mountain, that Jesus Christ is Lord! Perhaps they actually did not know he was the Lord, the Christ, but they sure knew he was someone very special being able to raise a man from the grave after he had been in there four days as well as having been embalmed in the fashion they used, which was in part removing some of the organs. Having Lazarus brought back from the dead was huge. People could not stop talking about it, they were telling everyone they met and because it was the time of the Passover there were large crowds in Jerusalem so many people were being told the story and many people were going to meet Jesus. These people were not even telling a s tory about what Jesus did in their lives, but what he had done in the life of Lazarus and still as a result of the telling, many people came to meet Jesus. Although this account also records the worsening attitude of the Pharisees, we should stay focused on the telling of the story. Those who were there with Jesus when he raised Lazarus from the tomb were telling the story, over and over again to whomever they came in contact with. They were not doing some act of service for them., they were not simply showing them love, they were not hoping these people would notice something is different about them, no, they were telling the story. Why do we think it should be any different today? Why do we believe the way to have people meet Jesus is by our doing some act of service, or by simply showing them love, or that they will ask us why we are different, assuming of course we are actually different? Even if we do not have a personal story of Jesus healing us, or doing some other incredible miracle in our life, we can tell the story of what he did somewhere, to someone. Although we should consider that he really did raise us from the dead as well, for once we were lost to sin, which brings death, but now we are found, and we have life. Why can’t we just tell that story, over and over again, and people will want to meet Jesus. Although many of us also have miracles in our life, that we could tell about over and over again and people would come to meet Jesus as a result. Why do we keep silent? We should be going to shout it from the rooftops. Go tell it on the mountain. Maybe we need a show and tell time, or maybe we need to just go tell.