The Call To CelebrateSample

Celebrate Good News

I recently read a study that said sharing good news is one of the best things you could do for instant joy.

When a person shares their good news with someone, and that person responds enthusiastically, the positive feeling between both people increases. And better yet, that positivity can spread up to three degrees of separation.

We don’t make a habit of sharing our good news with people. We fear that we might somehow take away from their happiness and make them sadder. We fear that we might come across as bragging. And we fear others don’t want to hear our good news.

But both studies and the Bible show that we can only give a person joy if we share good news with them.

We see an example of this in Acts 8:26-39. Philip shares the good news of Jesus to an Ethiopian eunuch he meets on the road. The eunuch responds with enthusiasm and asks to be baptized. As Philip disappears, the eunuch goes on his way rejoicing.

In the same way Philip gave joy to the eunuch with good news, we can give others joy when we share good news.

But it doesn’t end there. When you share good news, you also feel joy. 

In John 4, after Jesus had shared the good news of Him being the Messiah to the woman at the well, Jesus talks with the disciples. In verses 34-38, he tells the disciples to open their eyes and see the harvest. He is talking about people who need to hear the good news of the Messiah. 

In verse 36, Jesus says when they share the good news, both the sower and the reaper will have joy. What does this mean? 

It means, when we share the good news, we get to reap the joy of God’s work. God has done the work, but He gives us the gift of reaping joy from His good work. All we have to do is share the good news.

When we share the good news we have in Jesus, we celebrate our hope in God. It benefits us and the other party. It takes nothing away from them, but it gives them everything. 

If you want a practice of celebration, share the good news with the people in your life. Then both you and the receiver will reap more joy.