Today's encouragement comes from 1 Thessalonians 1:8, which says this:
"For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything."How could a little church in Thessalonica, in the days before the internet, have its gospel message of faith be broadcast all over the world? By the grace of God. Whenever and wherever a faithful church worships the Triune God on The Lord's Day (Sunday)—the True God makes sure that Christ's glory, His gospel, and His church gets spread all over the place.
Do we understand (completely) how this happens? No; but it is true, none-theless. Let us recognize that our greatest evangelistic witness happens in the church's worship services (as we love Christ and one another); and let us thank God that His praise does indeed go forth from there to all the earth.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Those whose hearts follow hard after the Lord have the right hand of God upholding them.” —Jeremiah Burroughs, in, "Gos-pel Worship"]
